Nurture Your Creativity

I was reminded, this past Friday, of what a treasure it is to have opportunities to nurture your creativity. It’s important to seek these opportunities out.

I had the pleasure of speaking on an author panel during an incredible day-long event called “Clallam County Comic Con,” at the main branch of my county library system.

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July 28th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Author Appearances, My Writing Journey | Comments are closed

Back to the Drawing Board

Last week I printed out the first draft of book 2. I scheduled Thursday as the day to do my first read-through.

I started…

I fell asleep.

I stopped reading about 1/3 of the way through the 217page manuscript, because it was completely clear that it isn’t working.

Why am I sharing this?

To […]

July 21st, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Author Appearances, My Writing Journey | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

First Read-Through

I’ve reached the stage in my writing of book two where it’s time to step away from the trees and look at the forest. It’s time for the first read-through.

Writers love words. And when writing anything, it is easy and tempting to get caught up in the detail, the imagery, in the way a […]

July 13th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Author Appearances, My Writing Journey | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

Creating Creature Worlds

I get to be on a panel entitled “Creating Creature Worlds” as part of the Clallam County ComicCon, one of the amazing summer programs presented by North Olympic Library System. If you live close by, put it on your calendar: Friday, June 24th 3—4pm at the Port Angeles Main Library. Related […]

July 6th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Author Appearances, My Writing Journey | Comments are closed