A hungry girl mid-week missive. — Why, hello there, jelly-filled donut. I have been thinking of you since yesterday when I saw you were the last of the breakroom donuts. You may have seen me peeking in that box multiple times, just to see if you were still there. I tried to resist you. I tried…

Even though I’m losing a marketing strategy, leaving TikTok was easier than I thought. — Yesterday I did something I was not sure I had the strength to do. I quit the “clock app.” I joined TikTok a little over a year ago, mostly just to find out the hype around BookTok. Let’s just say I wasn’t disappointed. There are so many accounts on there…

Is it cheating? — Ok, I’ve avoided ChatGPT forever (a month-ish). This whole AI thing is creepy, and soon we’ll be using AI to provide all our creativity. Robots are taking over the world! But today I saw an interesting Medium article on using AI to come up with headlines, and I had to…

Here are 5 ways to organize your to-dos and add more time to your day. — Last summer, my husband and I took a post-pandemic trip to Hawaii. Because it had been a little while since we traveled, we wanted to make sure we enjoyed the heck out of our week away. Our strategy? To plan as little as possible. We booked only one big adventure…

Because human pace is too slow if you want to make it in this world. — This morning I saw an ad on writing blog posts faster with robots.

This is especially for those who struggle to sit down and write. — This past month, I was one of a half million writers who took part in National Novel Writing Month, dedicating the month of November to writing a 50K word book in 30 days. This is a steep challenge for almost any writer, but for me, I worried I was biting…

The need to slow down is coinciding with the season — This morning I’m in a contemplative mood, just enjoying my Sunday. My room feels like an inviting place to be, and is absolutely lovely. I have a delicious smelling candle burning (that my son bought for me). Ocean wave sounds in my ears. I just bought $60 of books I…

50K words in 30 days? No problem. — If you’re a novelist who got their start with NaNoWriMo, aka National Novel Writing Month, it’s almost obligatory to write an article on how to write 50,000 words in 30 days. Why? Because those of us who have successfully completed this challenge are passionate about the process. Note: Scroll to…

Burnout’s a thief. Here’s how to steal back your passion. — Almost ten years ago, I published my first novel. It was the kind of novel that flowed through me as I wrote. It was also free and clear of all the writing rules I’ve learned since. I started it with waking from a dream (Seasoned writers know this is probably…