This morning I finished up a scene I'd rewritten four times and sent it off to my critique partner. That always inspires me because one accomplishment tends to lead to the next. There's a private "you can do it" moment and off I go. This was a bit of organic internal motivation instead of something external. It also big picture and somewhat vague, instead of the times I'm inspired specifically … [Read more...] about Day 3 – #31DaysofInspiration
Day 2 – #31DaysofInspiration
Today was an #InspirationFail. I attended an event that I thought had the potential to inspire future stories or characters. It did not. It wasn't anyone's fault that the lecture/talk didn't live up to my hopes, but it didn't. Maybe my expectations were too high. I left early. But last night was an #InspirationPalooza! On the very day my book deal was announced, there was a Dirty Dancing … [Read more...] about Day 2 – #31DaysofInspiration
Day 1 #31DaysofInspiration and a Book Deal
Believe it or not, today was easy in the inspiration department, because my new book deal was announced in Publisher's Marketplace (I had no idea this would happen today): Fiction: General Founder of WomensFictionWriters.com, Tall Poppy Writers member, and author of THE GOOD NEIGHBOR and THE GLASS WIVES Amy Sue Nathan's THE LAST BATHING BEAUTY, pitched as Dirty Dancing meets How to Make an … [Read more...] about Day 1 #31DaysofInspiration and a Book Deal
It’s Not Easy Being Creative
I don't mean to neglect this blog, I really don't. So, to kickstart some creativity in this space, I'm going to post 31 Days of Inspiration starting August 1st. I'm talking about what motivates me to write or nudges me to polish a scene or edges me closer to a good idea ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY. People always ask writers 'HOW DO YOU DO IT?' How do you sit down and write? Where do the ideas … [Read more...] about It’s Not Easy Being Creative