Writer Babel

The final edits for Criminal Instinct have been turned in! And in a way it makes me nervous and excited. Reading on screen for typos is a little more challenging on the eyes. For my YA books I was sent a print copy of final edits, but Carina Press is completely digital. I hope I caugh

Hello Blog World, In case you haven’t been following the news, California is going through a rough series of storms hitting the coast one after the other, causing havoc of floods, mudslides, fallen trees and power lines, and even tornado warnings. I wish the best to the families

I’ve been working on a new proposal. It’s a potential short connecting series. There are a lot of things to remember and explore with this proposal. So I started a small Book of Ideas. There are doodles and themes and characteristics and conflicts. Usually I have this info

This is what I have to start with…a blank page. I had two complete book proposals, nearly half of two books, but they didn’t work. They were too dark, not enough feeling. Maybe no light. So now I’m back to a blank page. In a way that could mean nothing. And in anothe

The Secret Fates Extravaganza is now over. *sigh* It was a lot of fun and a lot of work! Every author and reader that participated was awesome, and I’m very happy with how it turned out. It’s an event I’ll be remembering for a long time. Feedback is trickling in for

Wip update: You know what’s really tough? So you are finally in the groove of writing your novel. Sure you edit all the time, layer, and add new stuff, but your voice is FINALLY coming through nice and smooth just the way you like it. But you know that your beginning is off. The

When I first started writing, I wasn’t much of a plotter. Writing by the seat of my pants was my thing. But what I’ve noticed was that at times I’d become lost in the story. And not in a good way. I might not know where to go next. I might start losing that tension.

haha, I’m not sure what to title this post! Unfortunately, it’s been a not so great week for me in my biz writing world. *sigh* But that’s the ups and downs with this career. I won’t go into details at the moment, but that’s why I’ve been a little q

I’ve been feeling a little blogless lately… It seems when I have too many things on mind I’m not focused enough to blog. The Things on My Mind List: –The collaborating and Design of Secret Fates. (Just 4 more authors to go!) –The redesign of YA Fresh. (I&

Page proofs are mailed off for Invisible Touch. Whew. I’m sort of at the “I don’t know how readers will feel about Touch.” It was the same feeling with GG. I had no idea who would enjoy GG. I thought I’d help relate to some young readers, you know? Get th