Personal Journey Story Category

My new writing assistant…

Is more like a distraction. We have a second miniature schnauzer in the house! Meet Murphy, the baby of the family. I now feel like I have four kids: a teenage son, canine middle child Scooch is 11, my younger son is in fifth grade, plus the new puppy. We intended to get a puppy […]

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I am actively writing…

Despite summer distractions! I’m writing new scenes for a book I actually want to publish someday instead of just random things. I’m so happy to be productive again. While youngling was at morning nature camp, I got a little me time in and opened up Red Hour. I started from the beginning, making minor edits, […]

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Taking breaks…

Is healthy! It’s time again to leave the laptop at home and take a break from my writing goals. It’s been a busy year of volunteering at youngling’s school, reading/reviewing, editing/writing, and taking care of my home and family. School is out (yes!) and I’m currently enjoying a little time away from the keys and […]

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2023 Goal Check-in…

Not too shabby. Bonds of Magic series: Dreamcatcher series: Red Hour: Other: Wish me luck that I make more progress this summer and fall on my 2023 goals!

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Spring is here, gone, and back again…

So it’s time to refocus on my health goals. It was 80s and then it snowed on my pretty flowers and now it’s warm again. Welcome to the Midwest in spring! Thankfully, I’ve been walking outside again instead of on the treadmill in the basement. I get bored on a treadmill and quit earlier than […]

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Balancing two projects…

Can help my creativity. I was really excited to jump into edits of Dreamweaver (book no2 of 4 of my Dreamcatcher series) but… I lost some steam. So I opened up Red Hour and wrote a few scenes I had skipped over when I originally drafted it. You know, that one action scene in the […]

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If I’m not hooked by the opening…

No one else will be. I rewrite the first chapters of my books more than any other part of the story. I don’t write outlines before I start writing a new story. I typically have an idea and just go with it, then along the way the plot and character development get figured out and […]

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Should I cut this chapter…

If I’m asking, the answer is likely YES! My writers’ group is still beta reading the last several chapters of Land of Monsters. After I finished my edits last month, there was still a section toward the end I wasn’t completely happy with. So there I was, preparing the next chapter for submission and writing […]

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Reflections…

And excitement! It’s been two years since my first blog post about my writing journey. Sure, my goals have fluctuated—at times I’ve taken leaps forward and at other times I’ve been stuck in the mire. But after reflecting on the past two years, I am proud of my overall progress. With the help of my […]

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My writing life is back in balance…

High five me! I did it! I finished my edits for Land of Monsters and wrote a synopsis for it. I wrote new scenes for Red Hour. I successfully ignored the shiny new projects and got back to work! How’d I do it? I forced myself to open the work I wanted to address early […]

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