Slow times ahead

When school started, my days were suddenly wide open again–practically for the first time all year. I got to sit down and write without distraction for the first time in ages, and that resulted in over 40,000 words of The Artificer’s Wife being written across the span of 8 days.… Read the rest...

Time to dig in

Last month, I set a goal to write 500 words a day. On the whole, I’ve been doing it – I just didn’t expect so much of that writing would be devoted to refining outlines instead of hammering out prose to fill the pages of my next book. On the… Read the rest...

Three minutes

Last week, I had the opportunity to speak before a group of writers and share what I knew about something I do here pretty often–blending writing with other hobbies to help connect with people who share similar interests. One thing I was tasked with was coming up with a writing… Read the rest...