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MY. WRITING. PROCESS.

I let myself be tagged by Katy Upperman b/c she’s awesome and b/c it looked fun.   What genre do you write?  I write YA contemporary, urban fantasy, sci-fi, christian fic, new adult fiction and adult fiction. SO far all of my NA, adult and religious fic have been contemporary. So far. How many books […]
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So Many Thoughts

I’ve only just realized how much sexual assault comes in to my books. I don’t do it on purpose, so I’m not exactly sure why this is. It happens in Knee Deep. Not a rape, but an attempt. It comes up in Night Sky in a way I can’t mention because it would ruin part […]
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ROLLER. COASTER.

I think that when a person works in something as personal as writing stories, their job is bound to have some fantastic high, highs, and some not-so-great lows… A random comment from a friend last week, kicked my brain in to overdrive. Christa said, “Don’t read right now. You’re working on your own stuff. Let […]
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Conferences, Critiques, Beware the Group Dynamic, and the Art of the NOD AND SMILE…

I LOVE writing conferences. LOVE. Sharing space w/ people who get what it’s like to have a writer’s brain? AWESOME. But, a really interesting topic was posed on the LDS Storymakers Conference page: How to give and take good critique, whether it’s in a group or one on one. I’ve sat in critique groups where […]
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Planes, Readers, Bookanistas and other random bits…

So. I’m in Seattle for the massive AWP conference!!! I’m teaching a class on Saturday afternoon w/ some fantastic ladies who I get to meet today and tomorrow — Roberta Borger, Selene Castrovilla, Megan Bostic, and Katherine Ayres. Staying at my cousin’s newly purchased “vintage” supah cool home w/ a view of the lake and […]
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#WriterProblems

WRITER PROBLEMS: Disclaimer: I LOVE LOVE LOVE my job. This was just for fun 😉   1. Never getting to meet your characters in real life.   2. Realizing after writing a book and while doing the blurb, that large chunks of the book need to be switched/altered/rewritten.   3. Missing characters after the book […]
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SHARE A RANDOM THING DAY!

1. I still jump on my grocery cart and let it glide. While in the store. Often. When I’m too old to find joy in this, my life might as well be over. 2. I drink a hot chocolate almost every afternoon. I make them from scratch often by grating a chunk of chocolate and […]
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Waz up Wed??

    “What’s Up Wednesday” is a fun weekly meme started by Jaime Morrow and Erin Funk. From Jaime: It’s similar in some respects to the Currently… post, but it’s been whittled down to only four headings to make it quicker and more manageable on a weekly basis. You’re invited to join us if you’re looking for something to blog about, a […]
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What’s Up Wednesday :-D

Okay. So this started with Jaime Morrow and Erin L. Funk, who I found through Katy Upperman (who is awesome and who I’ve been fortunate enough to beta-read for). ANYWAY. It felt very fitting today, so HERE WE GO. What I’m Reading: So, I burned through Wake, the first book in the series, and then […]
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That Panic Moment When I Thought Books Might Have Lost Their Magic…

I finished the 2nd book in an insanely good trilogy today by Lisa McMann (Fade in her Wake trilogy – in case you were curious). I generally don’t love series and trilogies, but I can’t get enough of these people. It’s been a long time since a book has dragged me in and not let […]
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