Believing in Yourself and Your Art

by | Oct 16, 2015 | writing

The world of writing and publishing and actually making money at it is…a slow moving machine (as I’m coming to find out). I have had high hopes for my debut novel. And, while it certainly has been a crash course, a serious learning process, I have frankly...

Who has the time?

by | Oct 12, 2015 | writing

I tell you…I MISS writing! But I just haven’t had the time! Make the time, Sara. Yes, I know, I know. But time is a precious commodity…for everyone. And it’s not as easy as you think with three young ones with three different schedules, a...

A letter for the aspiring author

by | Oct 9, 2015 | writing

Please note that I am not saying that I have all the answers. In fact, I am still fairly new to the game. But I want to share what information I have gleaned while it is fresh in my mind. I am about a year into the game (having signed my first contract about a year...

Writer’s Workshop: A review from the front

by | Oct 7, 2015 | writing

I co-led my first writer’s workshop this past weekend. It was ah-mazing! It was nerve-wracking, exciting, a little stressful (for my perfectionist side), and just a lot of fun! Meeting other writers. This is always one of my favorite things about these events....

I have been converted…

by | Oct 1, 2015 | writing

…to Scrivener. I held off. I fought tooth and nail. I clung to my LibreOffice Word Processor and minimal usage of Microsoft Word as long as I could. But it was inevitable. As soon as I was exposed to the wonders that this software held for the writer such as I,...