May 4, 2023
There are some scary and exciting things on the horizon… Agent Query Another agent requested the manuscript! That filled my heart with joy and dread and hope and fear and...
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April 5, 2023April 30, 2023
You know how some people have those Cinderella stories where they write a novel in a month with no prior experience whatsoever and they get signed by the first agent...
March 13, 2023March 10, 2023
Hello! I’ve got some interesting news. This month I sent my first agent query letter and… she requested the full manuscript! Now it’s an eight week wait-and-see process, but I’m...
February 16, 2023February 15, 2023
First Agent Meeting There’s a scene in the mob cult classic movie Goodfellas. Teenager Henry Hill (Ray Liotta’s character) is doing some shady work for the local mafia and gets...
January 11, 2023
Big Name Change! After taking everyone’s feedback to heart, I’ve changed the name of the book from “Trouble the Water” to “To Rescue a Witch”. My friend, Syd Young, who...
December 27, 2022
That time I accidentally deleted my manuscript… It’s been a really crazy month! For Thanksgiving I treated myself to this super-awesome writing software called Scrivener, because all the cool kids...
November 24, 2022November 24, 2022
Here’s my Goal Check in from last month: Status: I finished the villain arc edits! And they are deliciously evil. Status: The witchcraft themes are loosely connected, but I wouldn’t...
October 13, 2022
I’ll confess: I’ve been fascinated by witches since I was a little girl, which is why they’ve ended up in my historical fiction, Trouble the Water (coming 2023). Set in...
September 5, 2022
Good news: I went to Scotland! Bad news: I caught Covid! I had a very mild case and tested negative quickly, so I was able to still see a lot....
July 11, 2022
I’m going to Scotland! My novel Trouble the Water is going to be part of a series. The bulk of Book 1 takes place in Williamsburg, Virginia and on a...
June 21, 2022
After the whirlwind of finishing my book to hand into a structural editor on May 31, I’ve found June a bit of a let down. It’s like when you’re a...
June 9, 2022July 6, 2022
Writing the first word of your book can feel like embarking on an exciting journey. Not everyone finishes. Personally, it took me two attempts at novels abandoned half-way through before...
June 1, 2022June 1, 2022
Hi everyone, May should be about Mother’s Day and the unofficial start of summer. Instead, I’ve blogged about the Uvalde school shooting and after the leaked draft opinion to overturn...
April 18, 2022
April has been a particularly bumpy month. My daughter came down with Covid (along with five other kids in her theater group) and I managed to tear my calf muscle...
March 2, 2022March 2, 2022
Hey readers! It’s been a pretty eventfully month on my novel writing journey. Remember how I told you I submitted my manuscript to The History Quill‘s beta reader program? (A...
February 16, 2022
Novel Update #2 It’s been called lots of different things. “Sagging Middle Problem.” “Marathon of the Middle.” “The Middle of the Book Sucks Syndrome.” I’m there, people. For non-writers: When...
