When it’s hard to write

I don’t know how many of you know this but I now live in Kyiv, Ukraine. You might have heard about it recently in the news? About 120,000 Russian troops are now surrounding the country on three sides and more are coming to both the Russian-Ukraine border and being...

A New Worksheet for before, during, and after you write

If you’ve read this blog for any length of time you’ll probably know that I am the queen of worksheets. I love them. I use them. I even sell them! Well, as I was searching through my files this morning, I happened upon a worksheet I’d completely forgotten about and...

Subplots

I find myself in an odd position this week. I’m writing the next book in my Royal Hearts series and it’s way too short. Now, for me that’s not unusual, I do tend to write short. I’m very concise. I don’t add a lot of extraneous detail and usually have to go back in...