With the release of The Fragmented Kingdom, I thought it would be fun to share with my readers some tidbits about The Forgotten King that…
Tag: writing process
The Magic of Reading
A few years ago, I learned about a book about Jane Austen that I thought would be an interesting read. I put it on my…
Do I Have It in Me?
I’m reading a book by a twenty-something author who started her manuscript as a teen, worked on it for a few years, spent a couple…
The End of the Trilogy
I drafted the final scene of the final book of the Forgotten King trilogy today. It feels strange. Do you know that listless, bittersweet feeling…
I Control Time (a poem)
I control time. The hands of the clock surrender to my fingers. Forward and backward, inside-out and outside-in. The past is the future and the…
Attending the Life, the Universe, and Everything Symposium
Last year, with the support of my husband, Brett, I decided to get more serious about the writing craft, which included attending writing conferences. In…
Longhand Writing
At first, I wrote everything by hand out of necessity. When I was thirteen, we didn’t have smartphones or tablets. We didn’t even have palm…
Writer’s Envy: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Book
“Is there one among you who is not stripped of envy?” Alma asks. “For such an one is not found guiltless.” (Alma 5:29) Every time…
NaNoWriMo: The End
At the end of October, I announced that I was participating in National Novel Writing Month. Last Friday, November 29, I passed 50,000 words and…