I have a new book coming out! Sometime soon. I hope. I reached the end of “The Red Heart Cafe” and it is currently in the hands of several beta readers. I don’t usually use beta readers, but somehow I felt that this story should have them. Maybe it was because I wrote most of […]
Writing Update
It’s been a while since I’ve given you an update on my writing progress. You might hear how many words I’ve written in a month, but that doesn’t exactly tell you what I was writing or how my stories are coming. Yearly Goal: My goal this year has been to write 20k words a month. […]
Is Said Dead?
The debate that splits the writing community! Some people are passionate about this question and have strong opinions on it. What do I think? Is “said” dead? Should “said” be dead? Never use “said” in your stories! Said is dead! Instead you should use words like shouted, whispered, questioned, demanded, urged, laughed, etc. Only use […]
Tips on Writing Conversation
Do you talk? Of course you do. Some people talk a lot (like me) while others don’t talk as much. Some people talk about anything and everything (again, like me) and others don’t like chit-chat. But how do you get your conversation to sound real in your writing? Here are a few ideas. Make your […]
Letter from Camp – July 2024
Dear Readers, Here it is, camp time again! I’m writing to you from Tentalizing Tales where I have 15 campers. We’ve written and chatted and sprinted and eaten snacks, and encouraged each other. But overall it’s been a pretty quiet tent this time. I think part of that is because we are all busy with […]
How Do I Outline?
If you have been reading my posts for a while you might wonder if this is going to be a very short post. I’m a pantser. I rarely know where my stories are going when I start them. So, if I write “by the seat of my pants” how in the world do I outline? […]
Things I Learned from Writing 60k
I wrote 60k words in one month. That was in March. I’ve never written that much in a month before and didn’t really think I could ever do it. I mean, that’s practically writing an entire novel in a month! That’s just crazy! But I did it. And I learned some things. {1}That’s a LOT […]
Writing Update
Writing. A lot of that happened last month. Actually, I wrote about 3 months worth of words just last month. Yep, I was able to get 60,000 words written in March. That’s about as many words as are in a Triple Creek Ranch book! But no, I didn’t write them all on the same thing. […]
A Letter From Camp – March 2024
Dear Readers, Here I am at camp once again. I seem to be here quite a lot, don’t I? Maybe I should consider building a permanent house on the grounds so I can stop packing and unpacking only to pack again. Imagine living on 700 acres with mountains and a lake and woods, and trails, […]
How to Become a Nuthead – Interview
If you haven’t been to Writing Camp before, you may not have heard of the Nutheads. These are girls who write crazy amounts of words in one day. To become an official Nuthead, it is required that you write at least 17k words in one day. Most of us at camp are not nutheads. However, […]
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