“Why on earth would anyone want to go to Ethiopia?” The question already echoes in my mind and I have only physically known I was going to Ethiopia for a week. Yet already I have been asked this question and I am sure this same one will be asked repeatedly over the course of the [...]

So you have finished your MS at 79,899 words… Now what? Are you ready to get it into the grubby hands of a critique partner? Are you ready to find out where your plot holes may be? Are you ready to cry? Are you ready to go into a semi-depression because you think people think [...]

Time to do some serious… serious… writing updates. I put on my serious face just for this occasion. *serious* UNSEEN CHRONICLES: Some of you have noticed there is a new tab above labeled such. I am posting those as Serial Fiction now… so you can read them anytime. I have written eight chronicles based on [...]

I have been a bit preoccupied with life and the pursuit of happiness… or maybe that was the pursuit of chocolate… hmmm either way would make me happy to find… Ahem… So, I thought I would update you on… everything! Running: I am almost in week four of my Couch to 5K running program. I [...]

If you need me this weekend… I will be in front of my computer probably with pots and pots of coffee… working on a nonfiction proposal. What was that? Oh, yes… someone just said: “Wow Eisley, I didn’t even know you wrote nonfiction…” Haha, me neither. Well, that isn’t entirely true. I have written plenty [...]

I know, some of you are saying, “Why should I care about building an author brand?” or “How on earth should I go about building one?” Today, I hope to answer that question with the vast (har har har) knowledge I have gleaned from various sources and explain why it’s important that you, as an [...]