Writing progress, July 15, 2022
Getting back in the habit, y'all. For this Capricorn, writing is a task just like any other. And when I break my habit and get too used to drinking americanos while I watch the ocean waves slip by? The struggle is real. But with the help of my fabulous writing buddy, Melanie, I'm back on track, and I have about 55,000 words in my work in progress. That's about 65% of a book! It's going to need TONS of revisions, but at this point, words on the page is my goal. And I'm slowly getting them down!...
A rant…with book recs
It’s not often that I get ranty in public (though my brain is one big ol’ rant these days – looking at you, SCOTUS), but I have THOUGHTS about – you guessed, it – books. And the patriarchy, naturally. Long ago, when I’d moved on from horse books to my parents’ shelf of The Classics, leatherbound and clearly just for show on the shelf – Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Gulliver’s Travels, A Tale of Two Cities, and more – I discovered Pride and Prejudice. It scratched an itch I didn’t know I had. I...
Writing progress, June 20, 2022
I'm so excited, y'all! Forget Me is ready to publish on Friday! My ARC team is starting to post their reviews, and I'm so thrilled to see their supportive words for my prickly heroine, Mimi! You can see a new entry at the bottom: Filling the Well. I went on a 2-week vacation (what even is that?) and had a GREAT time wandering around Spain and a few other places in Europe. I came back rested (well, except for the jet lag) and inspired, and I hope to bring that fresh energy to my writing. The...
