Book News Alert & Goodreads Giveaway!
For the past few months, I’ve been promoting my book, 12 Hours of Daylight and it’s been fun. And challenging. I’ve pitched book bloggers and sent book review requests out…
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My New Novella is Available in E-Book & Paperback!
Admission: I’m an indie author who is working on becoming a hybrid author. Meaning, I want a traditional book deal and the ability to create shorter works that I can…
Summer Sixteen: A Writer’s Edition
Some people have gone on some amazing vacations, gotten married or attended kick ass concerts and street festivals this summer. Good. For. You. If you sensed saltiness in that last…
Book Updates! – 12 Hours of Daylight
Most of you know that my lit agent is working on getting my book, Letters to Chyna published and there are some amazing things happening behind the scenes that I…
My Literary Agent Moved & I’m Going With Her!
One of the happiest days of my life happened last year when I was offered literary representation after years of pitching my novel. I’m excited now to report that my…
Where Has My Muse Gone?
Actually, I don’t think I ever had a muse. I’ve always seen myself as a pure writer filled with ideas and I imagined that they came to me organically and…
Fingers Editing Wildly To A Dream – (Novel Update!)
In my last post, Why Ride Roller Coasters When Writing Gives You The Same Thrills?, I talked about where I was in the publishing process with my novel Letters to…
Why Ride Roller Coasters When Writing Gives You The Same Thrills? – (Novel Update!)
Some people think writers are crazy. Well, some of us are. Honestly, to sit and stare at a computer screen or blank sheet of paper hoping for magic when most…
Book Blocks or Prose Pauses? – My Path To Publication
The life of a writer can seem so glamorous. We wake up at the crack of whenever, drink unlimited amounts of tea or coffee and sit in front of our…
Lyric Fire: 25 Unconventional Things You Can Do To Become A Better Writer!
Sometimes as writers knowing the mechanics of the craft isn’t enough. You can be the most structured and perfected scribe and still bore people to tears. What good is it…
Lyric Fire: Books, Blogs & Beautiful Beginnings! (w/Novel update!) – Book Expo 2012
As a writer some months mean more than others and for me April (National Poetry Writing Month) is tops because I usually participate in NaPoWriMo, a 30-day poetry writing challenge….
Lyric Fire: When Writers Collide: My Fantasy Author Mashups
Memorial Day weekend is here and as we honor our fallen military men and women, we will gather with family, visit final resting places, sing songs and send up private…
Lyric Fire: Word Warrior or Apathetic Author?
My love for the written word and books began at a very early age. My mother would read to me at bedtime so my dreams would be filled with colorful…
Lyric Fire: Look At My Fabulous Life! (Episode 1 – The Wellingtons)
Look At My Fabulous Life is a blog’ality series that takes you the reader inside the homes, hearts and minds of some of the most intriguing people in the world….
Lyric Fire: Tales From The Stage – My Six-Word Story – I Wasn’t Born, I Was Adopted
It’s been about a week and a half since the Smith Magazine Six-Word Story Show and I promised a full report so here goes! Smith Magazine encourages and challenges their…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Smith Magazine’s Six-Word Memoir Story Slam-I’m Performing!
I know I haven’t been blogging regularly lately and there are reasons for that. I’ve been crazy busy with a major project that really needed all of my time and…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Book Binge: “Peace from Broken Pieces: How to Get Through What You’re Going Through” by Iyanla Vanzant
Making personal and professional decisions are not always easy. I can think of quite a few that had my head spinning: Do I stay in my hometown or move to…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Ode to Love Via Brown Penny Poem by William Butler Yeats
Valentine’s Day is coming up soon and it has me thinking about love declarations. Whether you have that romantic connection now or not, it does the heart good to reflect…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Choosing a Title for My New Poetry Book. Can You Help?
Here is a quick question for my Lyric Fire readers: Which of these titles (both are copyrighted) do you like the best? Cinnamon and Sage: 30 Sweet & Savory Poems…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Happy Birthday Lyric Fire!
I have been super busy recruiting corporate walk teams and garnering sponsorships and refreshment donations for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk which is taking place in New York…