Since Absolution is as done as I can get it, I want to share the soundtrack. Each song is a chapter title, as is the title of the novel.
I’m Query Mad
For the past week I have queried 28 different agents. I have already received five rejections. I'm not upset by the rejections. The truth is, this a tough door to open and you have to have thick skin to make it.
Absolution –Book Blurb/Jacket Cover
How many unsolved murders happen every year, without a body ever being found? Â But what if they aren't murdered, but taken and reborn as a vampire? Cassie, a young mother, was taken against her will, in a violent and brutal attack. Â She was ripped away from her calm life, only to be thrown into the... Continue Reading →
Dream Out Loud
I smiled when I felt his feet reach for mine before he fell asleep. My mind was still going a million miles an hour and showed no signs of shutting off.Â
Stranger than Fiction
"Hi. Is this the line for tickets?" That simple question has changed my life. I would say that I couldn't have written the last five months if I tried...but in some ways, I just about did. I need to go back November of 2018, so, curl up with your favorite beverage and get comfortable.
Upsetting the Apple Cart
I have started and stopped three different posts since March. None of them came across the way I wanted them to. But, after much thought and time, I feel that I'm ready.
The light at the end of the tunnel is probably an oncoming train
On December 24th, I completed the manuscript of my first novel. All told, it's over 96,000 words in 26 chapters. I pushed myself to get it done during my vacation, so I then could focus on editing. I have my beta readers all lined up as well, along with questions for them to answer. I... Continue Reading →
Trigger Warning
I’m about to break a rule and kinda-sorta talk politics. But it’s for a good reason. There was a post that came up on a FB Writer’s Group that I belong to that really stirred the pot. But the OP wasn’t doing it on purpose. It was a simple post asking for advice about a... Continue Reading →
My New Best Friend
I have always been a lover of stationary. Notebooks, pens, folders--those make me swoon. I do most of my writing though on my laptop, but I can't carry it around very easily.Â
Weaving a Spell From Pain
It's funny how writers can turn something so painful into something beautiful. Maybe we are witches after all