For years, I considered myself a ‘professional tourist’ as my husband’s job took us to the Far East, Europe and the Middle East to live. When he retired, I discovered I had run out of excuses for not following my dream of a writing...
My first published novel was written with a pen and paper. Next, I used the typewriter with a ream of yellow paper, because I was told that the first draft should not be on white paper. Completing the first draft using a typewriter was an art form...
Divine Justice
Bobbi Brown Make Up Manual
Noelle's Ark
Wish You Were Here
The Ride
Sifting Through Secrets
Forever My Lady
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Actually, I've been published consistently since 1982, so my first-time experience is quite different from that of most people today. Except, let me say, I did manage to get an agent first who sold my book, a historical romance. It has never been...
After reading S.E.Hinton’s OUTSIDERS, I knew I wanted to become a published writer. I finally got my wish in 2005 when I had a film review published. Since then, I have had more than thirty pieces published, including, articles, film reviews, book...
I am one of those people who crawls out of bed every morning at five to write before reporting to the paid work that supports a family. I've done it for decades, and I know there are thousands of others doing this, my waking sisters and brothers in...
I've always been a dreamer, and I've always believed in dreaming BIG. Ever since I was a young girl, my goal was to become the next Stephen King―or 'Stephanie', at least. It's been a long, hard journey, but one well worth it, and now I am...
I titled my book THE HARD WAY. What was I thinking? With all of that advice out there about the laws of attraction I should have known better and titled it EASY STREET or THE SIMPLE WAY. Lesson learned.
I've always written. I believe I was born with a pencil in my hand. I remember my grandpa making me create all those little circles consistently while seated at the kitchen table.
Life After GeniusThe Ride
Natural Affnities
Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us
Burn Out
Hungry For More
Slash
The Organ Grinder and the Monkey
Kwatee
Pirate Queen: The Curse
Calbraith
Fulfillment
I always knew there was a secret key as to who got published and who didn’t. It obviously wasn’t about good writing or perseverance or who had the best web site. Finally, I learned the answer and decided to live by it...
If you're interested in pursuing the idea of clearing your own space, you can do no better than to check out Karen Kingston's book, Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui.
Some people think I’m financial analyst who decided to write a novel. I say I’m a writer who, for a short while, masqueraded as a financial analyst.
They call writing a habit…which makes it sound more like chewing your fingernails or checking to make sure the door is locked and the stove is off before you go to bed, rather than an obsession, a have to have…but it’s one of those have to haves I...
Murder, Madness & Love
I Can Fly, But Only at Night
The Dark Druids
Shades of Darkness, Shades of Grace
WILFRED: The Devil's Disciple
The Vagabonds' Bordello
Fun and Games with Math
What's Wrong With Mormons?Calbraith
The Bible Salesman
The Turnaround
Keep the Faith
I’ve wanted to be a published author pretty much from the time I was published in Brown Middle School’s “Author’s Corner”, and had my short story (painstakingly copied, in pencil, on yellow legal paper) stapled to the wall outside the principal’s...
I am a writer, I can tell a story – a good story – actually an excellent story. What I cannot do is grammar. I wrote an essay in 10th grade, and won third place. The essay came back with the words, wonderful story, but atrocious grammar. Things have...
Joseph Wambaugh, an ex-cop turned #1 New York Times bestselling writer, forged a new kind of literature with his early police procedurals. When asked about two novels that marked the beginning of his legendary career—THE NEW CENTURIONS and THE...
Brick-By-Brick: One author's approach to series writing
Free Food for Millionaires
Some Glad Morning
Tainted Hero
If I Were an Eagle: Book 1
If I Were an Eagle: Book 2
Writing as a Small Business
The Shaman and the Rose
Hollywood Crows
Names My Sisters Call Me
A Guitar and a Pen: Stories by Country Music's Greatest Songwriters
Scream for Me
Seafood Without a Doubt
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