Inspiration is such a strange and essential force for an author, and we need to pull it from wherever we can find it. For me, …
Writing Posts
Writing at a Write-In
Last summer, me, my husband, Ismael, his sister, Megan, and our friend Louis Santiago agreed that we would try to do some more writerly …
The Language-Emotion Connection
Once upon a time, my best friend, Joy, bought me a book just because she knew how much I’d love it. She had started reading …
Blurred Outlines
Are you a pantser or a plotter? What’s a pantser? A pantser is someone who tells a story by the seat of their pants. A plotter outlines. There …
2014 Year In Review
Happy New Year! I hope you can look back at last year with happiness in your heart, and look forward to a year filled with …
Dragon Slayed! NaNoWriMo completed!
I have never understood why National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, for short, is in November. I don’t know about everyone else, but November almost …
Post-Publication Syndrome
Writing about your successes can sometimes make you feel like a braggart. But anybody who knows that a writer can work for years on that …
Introducing Jacklyn Madison: Character Bloghop 2014
It’s time for a character-centric blog hop! Here you will get to meet the lead of my YA novel The Order of the Key. But first, a …
Work/Life Balance: The Craziest Weekend Ever, Part II
Behold! The long awaited (not really) sequel to the blog post detailing the insane adventure of going to The Writer’s Digest Conference while simultaneously attempting …
Work/Life Balance: The Craziest Weekend Ever, Part I
Remember when I said this blog would be about putting the pieces of my life together and making a writer? Here’s proof. This post will …