Romance & Women's Fiction
Have you ever gone to a company weekend retreat with your ex-boyfriend and acted like you were still in a relationship? Nope. Me, neither. That's what makes fiction so fun: we can read the what-if's without the real-life commitment and drama. Fake It Til She Makes It, a romantic comedy novella, will be available on Amazon …
Soon I'll be introducing my debut book, Fake It Til She Makes It, a novella about 140 pages long. I like to call it a #FFFRomance: Funny, Fast-Paced, Fun Romantic Comedy. An ex-boyfriend. A fake relationship. A company weekend retreat. What can possibly go wrong? Jacob wants to make amends… Five years ago, Jacob Lancaster …
Last week, I blogged part one of this topic. Please check it out, if you haven't already, because the list below piggybacks on part one. Here are four more things I work on when I start writing a novel. 1. "Stuff That Can Go Wrong" list I created this concept after banging my head over …
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As I begin writing my next book, I thought it might be cool to share how I start the process. Also, I'd love to hear what steps YOU take when you start a new manuscript. But enough about you. Back to me... With every new writing project, I've been fine-tuning my approach. I've got an …
Somehow I missed this crazy, out-of-the-box author news in 2010. That year, a 15-year-old named Amy Zhang became a Young Adult author sensation. I can't even imagine. There's no way I would've been doing that at age 15. When I was 15, it was 1991. I was struggling in geometry and probably still pinch-rolling my jeans. …
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I'm in between writing books. I finished one, and it's ready for an editor's critique. In a future post, I'll discuss the process that I'm tweaking to start writing my next book. But for now, I'm reflecting. I'm feeling introspective. I have the Thinking Man pose. Several things come to mind. Okay, 8 things. There's …
"You're a writer? Cool." I often hear people say that to me, which is nice. Their tone is positive, encouraging. Then about one-third of them will follow up with, "I've got this great idea that you could turn into a book." They all mean well, and I like to hear their ideas. Love it, in …
Date nut bread is delicious and pretty easy to bake, but there are other fun alternatives worth trying. I made this Banana Date Nut Muffin recipe from Taste of Home, which was not too sweet and great for breakfast. I could have done with a little less oats than what the recipe called for---1/2 cup---but the outcome …
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I'm trying out meditation. I've done it before, years ago, and it didn't work so well. I'd heard that you should picture a calming environment. I closed my eyes and imagined a beach, bright blue ocean, waves lapping... How calming, how serene... But after a minute of that, my mind wandered, probably thinking about what …
My husband came home with a plantain from Wegman's. Every once in a while I like to cook them at home. Here's the problem with that... I bake them in the oven, which means they never taste as good as they do at a Caribbean or Mexican restaurant. Healthier, yes. Tastier, no. Lesson learned, I …
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