Writing

  • Make a splash with your writing

    Child jumping into the ocean waves

    Sometimes there is this pressure as a parent to make each summer special and memorable for our kids. We can get caught up in comparison. What’s everyone else doing this summer? Maybe we get caught up in check-lists. Okay gang, here’s the list and let’s check off every item.  We do this as writers and […]

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  • Book Review: The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain

    A gripping book—The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain—that I read within 48 hours.* I loved this fictional account of Hadley Hemingway’s marriage to Ernest Hemingway. It followed their courtship and marriage (including flashbacks of their earlier lives), and a detailed account of Ernest’s early career. The insight into what it took to break into the […]

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  • This is how I sold 500 books last week

    Persistence is Our Superpower It’s easy to get discouraged on our journey as an author. While our passion for words and creating something out of nothing runs deep, it is not easy work. Our superpowers are persistence and saying yes to opportunities when they present themselves. That’s what happened three weeks ago. ​ I was […]

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