Today’s post is by author Lisa Brunette. Caryn will be back next week with an update on the publication process for Donn’s Hill. I write about a 77-year-old yogi named Amazing Grace in the Dreamslippers Series. A lifetime devotee, she can get into advanced poses that leave others unable to follow, even if they happen […]
Whoops! A couple of days late on this post. But that’s sort of the story of my life this week, so it fits. It’s November! NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, in which writers can challenge themselves to churn out 50k words on a single project in just 30 days) has begun. This year, after taking
I went ghost hunting on Friday!!! Yes, it deserves that many exclamation points. I’ve loved ghost stories ever since I was a little kid (remember these gems?) and have long wanted to take a ghost tour or have an opportunity to participate in a paranormal investigation. The Utah chapter of the Horror Writers Association (which
This is the blog post I’ve been dying to write since January, when I sent out my very first query letter. No, that’s not right. It’s been longer than that. This is the blog post I’ve been dying to write for over a year, since the moment the first draft of Donn’s Hill really started
If you Google “how to be a better writer,” you’ll get hundreds of thousands of different results. I know; I’ve done it. A lot. And I’ve given a whole lot of those suggestions a try. Some of them are working for me, like making sure I read tons of books both in my genre and
If you’re around my age, I probably know what you’re thinking. You’re picturing a bunch of plucky kids with pens around their necks, running around and solving mysteries with the help of a disembodied spirit that’s super fond of typing in 62-point font. Well, that’s not what this is about. BUT…it is an interview with
Umm…how is it the end of August already? In a meeting this morning we were talking about our task list, and when someone mentioned that it’ll be September on Thursday, I did a spit-take with my chai. This summer has flown by faster than I can tear through a bag of salt & vinegar potato
Today I’m excited to bring you an interview with author Andrew Joyce! Andrew Joyce left high school at seventeen to hitchhike throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico. He wouldn’t return from his journey until decades later when he decided to become a writer. Joyce has written four books, including a two-volume collection of one hundred
