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When I decided to try my hand at writing books, I started reading things and hearing things about “finding your process.” Everyone talks about how every writer has their own process, or way of producing. For some people, the best thing to do when you have a solid idea is to sit down and start writing. Pantsers, they are called, because they fly by the seat of their pants. They know that eventually a story will be formed out of their ramblings and that is all they need to know when they start. They don’t care usually if they have…

Wow, what a week it was!! I can’t believe how amazing my trip to National RWA Conference went overall. I met some fantastic people, learned a lot through the many workshops, got fifty three new books (most of them free, which is the best price ever), and had both an agent and an editor request my full manuscript! It could not have gone any better, honestly! I even got to meet Nora Roberts face to face, which was amazing. Just standing there knowing that the woman next to me makes sixty million dollars a year on her writing was mind…

Well, here I come tomorrow! Haha. After a very happy weekend of celebrating wonderful events like G’s 30th birthday and the one year anniversary of our engagement, today is all about getting ready to go. I am actually packed up more than halfway, but there is still work to be done. Plus, I’ll probably take everything out of my suitcase to double check my outfits and such anyway. I know that RWA national conference is not the be all end all of my career. If nothing amazing comes out of this, it doesn’t mean that I am hopeless. On the…

Sometimes the hard part is figuring out what you want out of life. My parents always said to me, “You can be anything you want to be in life.” I’m sure a lot of parents say that to their children. But while they are telling you that, they are also secretly telling you that what you want is this: to graduate from high school and go to college; to graduate college and get a good career for yourself making good money; to find a husband who also has a good job; to buy a nice house and collect nice things;…

I have been watching “So You Think You Can Dance” religiously this season, and I really think the dancers this year are some of the best ever. Last night’s show was the top 12, so after tonight, we will know the top 10, who, like American Idol’s top 10, will go on tour once the show is over. I don’t want to rehash all of the performances, but I just wanted to mention the show today because of one specific routine from last night’s show. Let me preface this by saying that although I don’t always like Mia Micheals’ personality,…

The world of publishing is insane. I think most people just don’t realize how long it can take to get a book published. What comes out as a new release today was probably written two years ago. How can fiction writers possibly keep their finger on the pulse of the times with turn arounds like that? Sometimes it’s more than two years. Let’s look at my first submission attempt… a novella of about 23,000 words called ‘Steal My Heart’. First, I sent it to Brava, a romance publisher who is print only and very well-respected. I got a response within…