I will be offline most of this weekend because I’ll be on a writing retreat. These are wonderful things. You get together with another writer (or several, your choice) and go somewhere like a cabin or hotel where you can solely focus on WRITING.

You can’t just surf the internet and lose focus. You can’t go run to the grocery store or houseclean. You are in a place with others, your mission is to write. It’s scary and wonderful all at the same time :)

Meals out are a chance to socialize but also keep on the writing track: we plot, we brainstorm, we talk about future plans for books. It’s an energizing way to keep the weekend focused.

Come Monday (6/23), my book 2 RAGING FIRE will be featured in an E-Reader News Today (ENT) ad so be sure to check it out at its 99 cents sale!

Hey all,

I’m honored to be featured, along with many other indie authors, in the April issue of NOVEL READS. You can get it #FREE here on Amazon.

Happy Hump Day! Yes, it’s Wednesday. And you know what that means – halfway through the week. Bring on those obnoxious commercials where the camel walks around asking everyone in their cubicles what day it is. When someone finally guesses Hump Day, the camel laughs. Yeah. Silly.

Anyway, I just read a guest blog by the fabulous Tiffany Reisz. She talks about back story and how it can weigh down the beginning of a book. Often by Hump Day, we get weighed down with work but we can see the end of the week. Somehow (probably because I have not had all my caffeine yet) these 2 items related in my mind.

What is the point of this post? Other than one should always drink caffeine before writing, you ask? Well, it’s that today is Hump Day. Celebrate. And remember if you’re writing a book, be sure to craft in backstory without going into info dump mode.

As Bugs Bunny would say, that’s all folks! And if you want to read the article by Tiffany Reisz, click here.