In My Horror Era Lately, I've been in a horror mood. To be more exact, in the mood to read horror. Let me start from the beginning. I...

Word Addict I don't know about you, but when I stumble upon a new word I like to save it for later in hopes of adding it to my writing....

Cute Cover with A Cute Story Behind it I typically write an intro to welcome our guests, but with a cute cover like this and an...

It's Different This Time If you've read my past Random Generator Short Stories you know I take words, sentences, phrases, or names from a random generator to use as inspiration for my next story. BUT.... this time it's different. Why you might ask? Well, at the beginning of 2025, I had a thought about how writers always say to have an amazing opening first sentences to keep the readers hooked. And so that night, I did a quick writing exercise of creating an out of the box fir

"Don't Quote Me on That" Who remembers the time when you could pull a book off the shelf, flip over, and read the book blurb telling you...

It’s All the Rage It’s no secret reading is on a whole new level especially when it comes to audiobooks. Instead of getting to smell of...

A Tool to Find Your New Literary Agent I have to say it's crazy how far the publishing world has come in the last few years. Back in 2019/2020 I remember I was going to figure out how to independently publish my children's book, Princess Gabriella and The Never-Ending Kiss , but not after spending many hours, no make that days of researching on how to find literary agents who may want to traditionally publish my book. In fact, the only true way to find out where to look was t

Booker Prize Made Me Do It The header is a bit misleading. Was The Bee Sting shortlisted in the Booker Prize 2023 lineup? Yes. Did...

Want to Reach a Bigger Audience? Whether it’s blog posts on writing, cooking, traveling, or life you can take those posts and create an...

No Longer Published Back in the summer of 2021 I released a post speaking about the new Amazon reading experience, Kindle Vella. My...

Good Riddance 2025 Not to start this post on a negative note, but man was 2025 a rough year. This was probably the roughest years to date when it comes to goals, bucket list items, and writing. I know I’m not the only one who has felt this as many others have exclaimed the same troubles I was having. But the one thing I like about these year end wrap ups is even though things might not have been as successful, I still accomplished some great things!! So let’s check them out.