1. As an introvert I sometimes find being a writer to be a terrifying process. The act of writing is great—wonderful even. But everything else: reaching out to readers, projecting a fun image online—that’s where I struggle. I was not popular in school. I’m certainly no more popular now. And sometimes the writing game feelings a little too much like I’m jumping up...

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Wow, somehow I managed to read six books in May, which kind of blows my mind considering all I had going on. Wait—that’s not entirely true. When life gets crazy and my stress levels go up, I find I read more in order to try and balance things out. What I read in May: BROKEN BAY BY ANDREA DUNLOP - This one was short...

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1. You give me a book or a movie with a protagonist writer (or photographer, for that matter) and I'm all in. Just one of the many reasons that I'm thoroughly enjoying my first Jessica Hawkins read, Yours To Bare.  2. It's been a good week. The hubby and I got out on the jet ski for the first time this season, we...

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Image source 1. I spent some time (a little too much time) scrolling through the Instagram account of an author I admire. I went all the way back to the beginning. At first I was dismayed. I thought: my feed will never look like this. I’ll never be able to write as quickly as her and share so many new book release posts....

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1. I finished reading a book this week that blew me away in the best kind of possible way. Write Naked: A Bestseller's Secrets to Writing Romance & Navigating the Path to Success—(phew! That was a mouthful)—was just what I needed to read. Ever since I decided to re-write Finding Lily, I’ve been struggling with how to truly give it life. It was...

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1. I’m a strange person; this is no secret. I was that kid in school who spent more of her time bent over a notebook journaling or writing short stories. I was painfully shy, wildly unpopular and the recipient of a whole lot of bullying. When I started College I thought the best thing to do would be to hide those parts of...

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So, I've been bad about posting my book lists each month. When the writing is flowing, everything else seems to fall to the wayside. But I'm not complaining one....tiny... bit. I'm actually surprised that I got through four books (and started reading a fifth) this month. As always, comment and let me know what you're reading, or what I should be reading. Or...

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(image by Paul Citone) 1. My hubby celebrated another birthday this week. I won't say the number out loud because he'd probably feel better if I didn't. But to me, his age has always been a plus. He was the first real man I ever dated and the moment I realized that I never looked back. I had a few gift ideas for him,...

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“Oh my God, what if you wake up some day, and you’re 65, or 75, and you never got your memoir or novel written; or you didn’t go swimming in warm pools and oceans all those years because your thighs were jiggly and you had a nice big comfortable tummy; or you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you...

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Starting tomorrow, I'm doing a social media detox, because—to be honest—it’s killing me. No Instagram, no Facebook and no Twitter or Snapchat (even though I'm rarely on those). I’m going to start with seven days, but I’m hopeful that I can make it much longer. Here’s why I’m doing it:  1. I need to break the comparison cycle. She has this, he has...

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1. If you're already having a weird day, don't pour yourself a glass of wine or eat chips for dinner. Or pour yourself that second glass of wine. It's never a good idea. You'll feel worse in the morning, I promise you. I learned this the hard way. 2. It's really frustrating to me that one day, I can manage to get 2,300 words...

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