Had a little long distance happy hour with my friends (and awesome authors) Julia Kelly and Alexis Anne last night. We talked about holiday-themed novellas and whether we read them (Julia) or not (Alexis and I). We also chatted about using the holidays in our own writing, as well as about some of our own …
Recently my friend (and awesome romance writer), Alexis Anne, shared with me that reading Neverending Beginnings made her want to make lasagna for dinner. (My main character in the novel repeats the same week over and over, and therefore makes lasagna over and over.) This has to be one of the coolest things anyone has told …
I am thrilled to share with you that my new novella, Delayed, has been published! Here are all the details: What it’s all about: Carolyn’s life has gone pretty much according to plan. She’s followed all the rules. Her star is rising at work, she’s just gotten engaged to an amazing man and she lives …
This past weekend, I broke into my old apartment. I have written before about basing my main character, Kate’s, apartment in Neverending Beginnings on my own first apartment in Richmond (pictured in the background above). The story I just finished writing picks up at the end of the novel, but follows Kate’s neighbor, Carolyn. Since …
Trying to spark some creative juices recently, I used diyMFA’s Writer Igniter to generate a writing prompt. Here’s what it gave me: character- curator at a posh gallery situation – returns to his or her hometown prop – frying pan setting – an urban waterfront area (or at least that was my interpretation of the …
The version of my novel that was published late last year actually looks very little like the original story line that I started with. The decision to have my main character, Kate, re-live the same week over and over was edited in later and not part of the original plot at all. There are a …
This week’s post is the second and final in my two week celebration of graduation. As I was preparing this series of posts, I started to wonder what exactly is it about graduation? Why do I have these snippets of fiction from totally separate projects that share this common theme? They certainly didn’t grow out …
Graduation season is upon us! In honor of the season, I’m sharing some little snippets of fiction with a graduation focus both this week and next. This week’s piece is a flashback scene that explores the tension that arises when other people feel that you’ve answered that infamous question, “what are your plans after graduation?” …
