Copyright: Protecting your Gold

This topic comes up a lot when we discuss Beta Readers. I have had the pleasure of working with fiercely loyal Beta's who would never even think of stealing my work but if you don't know trustworthy people who you would be comfortable giving the task, you can find Beta's in all sorts of places …

Turbo Writer: How do I write so much?

First of all, I don’t write the most. There are very many authors who write more than me. I do think I am a diligent writer however. I completed NaNoWriMo this year (2019) (my first year) in 21 days and 4 days later I moved on from the 50k requirement of the event to complete …

The Scary Genre: UPDATE

I am so excited to write my Romance story now. After talking to a few friends, checking out a few books and doing some research, I am very happy with my outline and I am so ready to get started! I decided to challenge myself, and here I am actually giddy to write the story. …

Stakes (should be) high

I have been trying to write my Crime Fiction novel Completion, since May. Here is a little reminder of what this story is about... Completion is a novel about a series of ritualistic murders. 3 women at a time are being murdered, gutted and displayed around San Francisco’s business and tourist district. Dr. Ali Marshall is …

Interview and latest news

An excellent friend and an amazing author in his own right, Joseph Samaniego interviewed me this week! Joseph is a sensational world builder. His Fantasy titles were some of the first I explored in the genre and he did not disappoint. Check out his titles here. In my interview I dished on my history as …

October is over: Updates

Hey! I haven't posted since.... Not even gonna say but I would like to do an update now, if that's okay... Today, November 2nd, Dia de los Muertes, I finished a manuscript. Yay! So lemme give you a run down on which manuscripts are complete and their statuses: Inside Out: Michael Taylor 1 - Available …

July, going on August

Another NaNoWriMo almost down, another lost event for me. BUT as you can see from the last line of this tweet... I only failed because I am SO in love with THREE different WIP I have going on. Not only has Completion been begging me to put some words to it, but I have two …

Books and Business

If you believe writing should ONLY be about passion and authors shouldn't care about making money... this post is not for you. Let's agree to disagree. I am an advocate for authors getting paid for their work. Period. Why? Have you written a story before?? It's maddening. Especially for people like me who have anxiety …

Let’s talk about Beta’s

Not fish. Beta Readers! An authors best friend! I freaking love beta's. This post will be ALL ABOUT BETA'S! Here we go! What is a Beta Reader?? A beta reader is usually an unpaid test reader of an unreleased work of literature or other writing, who gives feedback from the point of view of an …