Editing Category

Slow progress…

Is still progress! January had a slow start for me due to the dreary, cold weather, the state of the world taking up my headspace, and having a college-age kid around that I love and wanted to hang out with. After taking him back out of state to start his next semester, my frame of […]

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Setting goals…

2026 edition. Happy New Year! I’m hoping to refocus this year and dive back into my writing goals! Shadow Walker: Dreamcatcher series: Red Hour: Other: Wish me luck in 2026!

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So long 2025…

And thanks for reminding me to flex. Merry almost Christmas to those who celebrate and Happy Holidays to all! 2026 is coming soon, and it’s time to look back at my goals for 2025. As planned, I stopped querying Seeds of Power to focus on editing another book to query in future. I had a […]

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Thoughts on point of view…

Since I’m writing a dual POV story for the first time. My writing life is back in full swing and I’m so excited by the progress I’m making on Shadow Walker. This is the first book I’m writing consistently in two POVs and it’s been a good stretch of my writing skills and planning process. […]

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Balancing moods and goals…

In both reading and writing. Middle school started and we are all up a lot earlier than we used to be. I’m being very good about doing my physical therapy (to stay strong after an injury last fall), yoga, and walking the dog each day. I’ve accomplished multiple general ‘adulting’ to dos so far this […]

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New Month…

New routine. June travel is over and we don’t have many plans again until August. On July 1st, I opened up my new novel about a witch and a werewolf solving a missing persons case together and I had a great time working on it a few days during the week. I’m hoping this new […]

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Endings…

Create space for new beginnings. The school year has ended and summer vacation has begun! My teenager is a high school graduate and headed to college this fall. Youngling has left elementary school behind and will start middle school. My husband opens his new veterinary practice this July, making a lifelong dream come true. I […]

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Spring has arrived…

And with it, rebirth. The world is getting greener, my plants are budding and flowering, and my pup and I are enjoying consistent walks again now that the temps are better. Our family spring break trip to Yosemite National Park was a combination of truly awe-inspiring views, nice hikes, undesirable rain and a cold virus knocking […]

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Turning a corner…

To return to creativity. I finished my quick review/edit of the Dreamcatcher series and it’s time to get creative again. I have a few scenes from last April with new characters in a new world. It’s a bit witchy and werewolfy and I’m hoping it will be great fun to plot and write. I’ve realized […]

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The second plague of 2025…

Stopped my progress. Last month, I successfully swept through Dreamcatcher and Dreamweaver, and dove into Dreamkeeper. I’m still only making minor edits, checking how the 4-book series flows and reminding myself of the ultimate endgame of this story since my writing group will soon start to critique book two. Unfortunately, 2025 already hit my family […]

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