(Ten Myths About Working From Home OR “What Jerks People Really Think When They Hear You Work from Home”) People think working from home is a cushy gig. Well, it is in the sense that you don’t have to fight the traffic, or that you don’t have to prepare lunch ahead of time (unless you…
NaNoWriMo Not So Helpful Tips
It’s November 2. You know what that means? It’s the second day of NaNoWriMo. No, its not a new Japanese robot craze, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It is held every year to encourage people to write a novel in a month. You can check it out here, even if to just prove…
It Takes a Village
A teaser from the amazing people behind Page Curl Publishing. Yes, it takes a village to write a book. I wrote a short story. It’s only 10,000 words but the work that went into getting it to publication, just like with the work that goes into any other book, took a village. It is a…
The Rabbit Hole of Bad Reviews, Bloggers and Authors
This blog post was originally posted on www.writingwenches.com on October 22, 2014. Unless you have been living under a rock lately, if you are even marginally interested in writing, blogging or reading, you may have heard of the unfortunate article of Kathleen Hale where she discussed trying to find a blogger who left a harsh…
Unwrapping Love: Christine Emerson
CHRISTINE EMERSON The heroine in my holiday short story is my favorite heroine I’ve written so far. She’s spunky and brave. She’s in love with the hero but she does not sit around waiting for him to come around. She would be someone I would like to be when I grow up.