August came suddenly. It’s not supposed to be here yet. At least it’s not in my mind. I’m still wondering what happened to May. 😛 I had plans. Still do. I just haven’t finished any of them. And other things are being added to my things to do. I feel like I’m trying to fight […]
7 Ways I Keep My To-Read List Low
There are so many books to read! Books from hundreds of genres and sub-genres, and sub-sub-genres. It’s very easy to make your “To Read” shelf grow to an unmanageable size. After all, so many books look good. But how do you know between what might be right for you, what might be okay, and what […]
Letter from Camp
July, 2017 Dear Readers, Here I am I Camp NaNoWriMo once again. Actually Camp is almost over. Only a week left. Sorry I didn’t write you sooner, but better late than not a all, right? Camp didn’t start off with thousands of words flying from my fingers, though I did manage to finish writing Finding […]
Writing Update
I thought it was time I gave you a writing update. Perhaps you have been keeping track of the progress bars on the home page. If so, you may be wondering if I’m even writing. Well, I am. I just haven’t had time or remembered to go update those. Sorry! But I just did, so […]
Book Review and Blog Tour
I’ve never been a part of a blog tour for the release of a new book. Mostly because I don’t want to commit to promoting it if I haven’t read it yet. But this time after I had read the book to review it, the author asked if I would be willing to be a […]
Happy Independence Day!
It’s a hot summer afternoon. Voices murmur in the streets as groups of people stand and wait, they know not for what. Inside the building, the air is stifling and stale. All the windows have been shut and no one has gone in or out for some time. The men gathered there dab at the […]
Writing by the Seat of my Pants
What? You are one of those authors? You mean you never plan your stories out? How do you do it? You should read this great book on outlining your story. Don’t you have to outline and plan before you write? Yes, I am a “pantser.” I don’t plan my stories or books. I don’t outline […]
Boing! Flash! Bounce, Bump
Bounce, bounce, bounce. Flash! Crash! Boing, boing, bump. Does that sound like anything familiar. A bouncy ball? Yep. The kind that light up when you drop them and bounce all over the place. Anything else? Did someone say your brain? If so, you know the feeling because that’s what my brain has been feeling like […]
Party, Winners and Encouragement
Okay, quiet down. Standing here on the porch of the Literary Lodge, I’m delighted at how many of you showed up each day. And I know each of these authors standing up here with me are excited about and for each of you writers. We will be getting to the prizes, I promise, but first […]
Party, Giveaway, and 1 Writing Tool
You made it back! Are you as excited for today’s posts as I am? The Literary Lodge is fairly buzzing about these great tools of the trade! I wonder how many of them are already being used by some of you writers. If you use one already, leave me a comment and tell me. I’d […]
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