It’s getting easier to press the send button on query letters. Why? Well, because I realize that just because one agent says no, doesn’t mean the next won’t say yes! The worst that can happen when you query is that you get a note saying “It’s not right for me or my agency at this [...]

And I think, ladies and gentleman… it’s the winner. Yes? No? Maybe? I start sending tomorrow… Weee! Ten years ago, a legend was born among the Teken Clansmen; one Lord Arthus intends to keep secret. Each Teken is born with a mark, but tenth year Deglan Borian’s mark has been morphing again, unlike any of [...]

That is me… and my new mantra. Read Edit Write Repeat It should the mantra of everyone who is attempting to ready a submission to an agent or publishing house. I have four completed manuscripts that need to be polished and run over with a fine tooth comb. I refuse to write another novel until [...]

I received a partial request… and I am immediately thankful I already started my first person rewrites… Sweeet! The funniest/craziest part of this request… I didn’t query for it. No, true story! Honest! I did query HER… sorta, if you could call that a query I sent. It was more like a “Umm yah, here [...]

Well, my weekend away was awesome. I could have used a little more sleep (blame my stupid internal time clock, no one else) but it was an entirely fabulous weekend! We had great food, great company and some great writing times! Having sent a partial to an agent before I left, I knew I needed to [...]

There’s a song rolling around and around my head today… that brings the writing, editing, query, rejection process into perspective. Adopt it. Live it. Breath it. It’s on! The band is SuperChick and the song is from the album Beauty from Pain… IT’S ON And now for the Lyrics… It all comes down to this [...]

It’s my birthday week… yes, I am turning older… a whole year older. How does that happen? In any event, if I don’t make goals for the week, things aren’t going to go as well as they could. Turning older takes thought and consideration. If I don’t have it written down, I just might think [...]

You know when someone pokes you REALLY hard… it makes you jump and maybe scream like a school aged child? And maybe it even hurts a little but after you rub it for a second you are good to go…? But the reason they poked you, totally worth it… right? Well okay, not always… but [...]

I finished my first edit of RUNAWAY CHOICES last night and in the process I figured out a small little nugget I added in to the story to make it much better. I hope… Haha. Like all first, second and maybe even fifth drafts, it’s surely not ready for submission, publication or the general public. [...]

I have always wanted to be in a silent movie… Now my characters in RINGS OF TIME ARE! CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FUN TRAILER I had way too much fun with this fake trailer… I thought I would share before it ended up in the garbage