Written by March 25, 2022

Digging Up My Old Writing

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When was the last time you read your old writing?  We often shove our first few writing projects in a drawer, never to see the daylight for at least a decade. Those stories are usually filled with ridiculous characters, comical situations, questionable dialogue, and insane descriptions. They are probably not very fun to read, but

Written by March 11, 2022

A Comprehensive List of My Favorite Movie Soundtracks

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Ahhh music… a wonderful art that brings people together. A form of storytelling without words; a peaceful ambiance.  Music is also very useful for writers. It makes great background noise for when we have to type out novels. Songs can be collected into a playlist for certain projects or characters. Heck, songs themselves could inspire

Written by February 18, 2022

How to Balance Writing and Rest While Traveling

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Traveling holds so much opportunity for writing. Going on an adventure can give you inspiration for story ideas, along with hours of uninterrupted time to bust out words. It’s the perfect opportunity to write… a lot. But you’re also on vacation, going on adventures you wouldn’t necessarily do on a normal day. Your normal routine

Written by January 23, 2022

More Historical Fiction Fun (Beyond Her Calling Blog Tour + Scavenger Hunt)

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I’m so excited to be part of the blog tour for Kellyn Roth’s newest installment in The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy, Beyond Her Calling!  This tour is especially special because there is a scavenger hunt and three giveaways happening all at the same time. Go check out Kellyn’s first post on her blog HERE

Written by January 7, 2022

Making Reading Goals + Reading Beyond Your Comfort Zone

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Hey everyone! You haven’t read anything from me since last year.  Okay, sorry, I had to get that out of my system. My whole family has had to live with my New Year’s humor this week, and you were not going to escape my wrath.  New Years has come and gone, and we’re back to

Written by December 30, 2021

The End of 2021 (A Typical Recap)

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We can now count the number of days left in 2021 on one hand. 2022 is arriving quickly, though it feels like I’ve just gotten used to the fact that we are in 2021. But alas, time never stops. For today, the last blog post of 2021, I’m going to recap my year.  Reading  In

Written by December 18, 2021

Cathedral by Maya Joelle (Poetry Launch!)

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You know when you read a book that’s in a totally new genre than you’re used to, and you end up absolutely loving it, and then you dive right into that new genre? Yeah, that was a part of my adventures last week.  The wonderful Maya Joelle (check out her amazing blog here) has published

Written by December 3, 2021

“Eat Your Veggies” (and how that applies to writing)

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We’ve all been told to eat our veggies, fruits, and starches at some point in our lives. There is a “My Plate” magnet on our fridge that shows the different food groups and how you need to eat a little bit of each food group from at least 10 years. Even though that magnet has

Written by November 19, 2021

Book to Movie Adaptations

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“The book was better.”  Every reader has said that line at least once. I blasted it through my whole house when my family watched The Hunger Games and the Harry Potter movies. Books and movies are at the same time very similar and very different. Thanks to book-to-movie adaptations, we can see how the same

Written by November 12, 2021

I Finished My Story. What Now?

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Okay writers, you’ve pushed through when motivation ran dry. For days, weeks, even months, you’ve been slowly adding to your story. Word by word, sentence by sentence, typo by typo, cup of tea by cup of tea. Now, you’ve typed the words “The End.” A story has been finished! It may be messy, but you

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