I said “Thank you” to my mom today. I spoke it aloud and it hung in the air, a gift to her – now gone five years this month.
For in passing away my mom gave me her own gift – the gift to follow my dream of finding the stories inside me to be told. And with her death I discovered what forever really is and that our time here on Earth truly is brief. In that moment I knew I had to carve out my own happiness.
So in my grief I began writing and my grief turned to peace and then joy at discovering Read more [...]
Happy New Year all! First, I am so thrilled to share the money raised toward the Pearl S. Buck Welcome House Adoption Program. For two weeks in December, I promised to donate $1 from each book sale of A Human Element, print or ebook. With your help I sold 71 books and am donating $71 to this wonderful program! Thank you!
Now here's a look back at 2012!
Top visited guest posts on my blog in 2012:
#1 Allison Brennan: How to knock off your characters
New York Times and USA Today bestselling Read more [...]
You write a book. Then people read it. Did you know that? Your uncles. Your aunts. Your co-workers. Your oldest friends. Your acquaintances in Scouts, writing classes, and the PTA. They’ll wonder if the people in the book are you. They’ll wonder if you’ve done the things your characters do.
I didn’t think about this while writing my book. I wrote with none of those people there. I wrote the story that came to me. It has it all. Murder. Horror. Abuse. And S-E-X. That’s right.
Sex? Read more [...]
Today author A.M. Boyle is visiting to share how she switched careers from lawyer to novelist, her writing process, and her dark trilogy! Visit her blog for inspiration and advice on writing.
You were a trial lawyer for 17 years. How did you decide let go of that profession to join the writing field?
Writing has always been my first love. However, the practicalities of life swayed me in the direction of a more stable career, namely law. The practice of law, as you know, is very demanding, Read more [...]