Today, I was told I graduated. Really, it was my last follow-up appointment for my ACL repair surgery. It’s hard to believe it’s been six months, and yet not that hard to believe. I’ve definitely come a long way in my recovery and thinking about that brings to mind the many other things I’ve learned…
If you’re part of my reader group…then you already know I tore my ACL. I’d love to say a burly, hot defensive football player tackled me, but in typical not-glamorous “Karen” fashion, I tripped over my own two feet at home. I can sit comfortably, so you’d think I could still write, but this ordeal…
Hard might well be the worst word in the English language. Especially considering it’s a four letter word, which are some of my favorite words even though they often get a bad rap. I feel confident in sharing that I’m not the only one who feels this way about ‘hard,’ because look at science. Diamonds…
“You learn something new every day.” That’s what the infamous group “they” say. There’s another saying, “Some lessons are learned the hard way.” This has definitely been the case for me over the past couple of months.
It’s that time of year, when the media recaps big events of the past 348 days or so and/or people announce their resolutions or goals for the coming year. In that vein, but hopefully with a twist, I’m sharing the things I’ve learned since mid-January/February. I’ve learned a lot, which frankly, is a vast understatement.…
I’ve come to the realization that there’s a difference between ambition and over-doing it. With the best of intentions, I planned to write a novella for Jackie and Volt this November during NaNoWriMo. However, I’m within 24,000 words of completing the first draft of Beta Test. Attempting two works-in-progress simultaneously isn’t just a headache. It’s…
Word choices matter. Connotations are as subjective as our tastes in clothes. It seems fairly often, I see a short thread of tweets about overused words. Note: apparently many of us writers (myself included) have a sick love affair with the word smirk, to the point it annoys certain readers. (When my editor first perused…
I made someone cry! I don’t remember ever making a complete stranger cry. However, a reader who finished Unforeseen Riot tells the world of Amazon that indeed I did. This made me gasp in surprise and with excitement. Not that I intend to make readers cry. I’m honestly just impressed that my words could speak…
The fabulous website smashwords.com offers independent authors the opportunity to participate in an online interview so readers can get to know authors better. One of the questions in my interview was “What is the greatest joy of writing for you?” I mentioned that I was working on a blog post about the writer’s high. To…
The title of this post is a very commonly used phrase regarding raising children. Before I ever became pregnant, let alone had a child under my constant care, I genuinely did not like this phrase. However, now that I have a small human under my care, I realize more than ever just how critical the…
Hi! Thank you for visiting my website. Currently, my first novel Unforseen Riot, the first in the Riot MC series, is being edited. The expected launch date is April 30, 2018. To say I am excited, is a vast understatement. I’ve aspired to be a writer since I was eight or nine years old, but my…
