For a week or so, I’ve been working on updating my Etsy Shop. Editing the items I’ll be selling. How they’ll be listed. The schedule for listing. The style of listing. A lot of things. Simple, little things that are only going to make my shop look better. Very exciting and I’m glad I’m doing …
As usual, I would like to start out by apologizing for my silence. It’s surprisingly difficult to stick to writing in my blog when I have a lot of “to do” activities I seem to be working to avoid. Wait. What? Yes, you read that correctly. I have a lot of things I could be …
You might be ready to paint the greatest of all paintings or you could be sitting down to type up your greatest masterpiece yet. No matter where you hold your creativity, you must always be willing to wait. How many times have you been in line at checkout when a sudden comment from a stranger …
How do you start writing your novels? Do you outline? Do you create characters? Do you push together random notes? There are a lot of ways to get your story moving forward. Everyone has their own way and they need to do what's best for them. I've tried different methods and every time I write …
Before I begin knocking down anyone's excitement I need to make one fact clear: There is nothing wrong to hold excitement over the work you are trying to complete. It's always a thrill when you finally think up the prefect line for your work. I know you want to write it all out because it …
Hi, again! I recently took a bit of time away from this blog for a big move that took a lot of time out of my schedule. I'm going to skip sharing the boring details about my move and instead I'll jump back in to talk about my latest project. The graphic novel I want …
As I am sitting here with my coffee, I am trying to sort out what my plans are for today. Whenever I try to create plans I start thinking about everything I want to do. Usually, this pushes me away from all my possible plans and I get nothing done. This morning, all of my thoughts …
Continue reading Should I Write A Graphic Novel Series Or A Traditional Novel Series?
What's the one dream you carry close to your heart? I bet you think about it almost every day. Then you continue to dream about it through the night. And sometimes you get lost in conversations because one word sends you out of this world to think about reaching said dream. I believe everyone has …
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I suffered from a tiny cold this past week. The sickness killed my drive to do any work with my writing or my art. I only wanted to sit around and watch Criminal Minds. (I started all the way from season 1 episode 1. You don't want to know how far I got...it's amazing how …
An author can bring their story to life using any method they deem suitable for them. There are some authors able to start writing without a lot of planning ahead of time and it works out perfectly. I wrote this way when I brought my first series to life. (The Lyall Pack Series: Volume 1, …
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Writing My Career 