The art of storytelling is a delicate dance between showing readers what’s happening and telling them. It’s a balance that writers must master to engage and captivate their audience while conveying essential information and emotions. The age-old debate in the writing community revolves around these two techniques: showing and telling. In this article, I will…
Rain poured in sheets as I put the last few items in my suitcase. Ella, my 2-year-old furbaby, stared at me with those beautiful amber eyes. I could see the sadness. I tried to hide my packing from her, but to no avail. My husband and I drove our two dogs, their crates, food, toys,…
How does one start a new book? Do writers just sit down and start writing? I was asked to share my process on starting a new book. This is rather loaded because there are so many components to this. Whenever I’d get an idea in my head, I used to just start writing scenes –…
You’ve walked into countless bookstores and have seen the displays for banned books. My favorite is the “Don’t read me” section at Barnes & Noble. While book banning isn’t a new phenomenon, it seems to be just as popular nowadays. As someone who started reading at a very young age, I read everything from classics…
What a year. It started out in January–in the blustering cold of the Smoky Mountains with my fiancé and friends–where we celebrated my 40th birthday and I got engaged. In March, I met some of my best friends from the Jimmy Eat World group–and even met Jim Adkins in person! For the first time in…
Hello, If you don’t know by now, last week I had to lay my precious boy to rest. I am beyond devastated, and I know some people will say, ‘he was just a dog.’ But Eli was more than that. He was my companion; my best friend. He comforted me through days and weeks of…
How music helps me write!
Writing…rejections…submissions
Hello! I know what you’re thinking – two posts from me in one week? Who is this girl? Trying to make more of an effort in this blog. 🙂 I came across this video of Jimmy Eat World, and hearing them discuss topics such as anxiety, depression, and drinking is another reason why I love…
