Author of Young Adult and Teen Books
Ever wonder what the typical day of a writer looks like? 7:00 a.m. I am usually awake by this time. My most productive brain time is in the morning. I have ADHD, and I tend to treat it using coffee. I make myself a cup of coffee and go to my office. While I drink …
I don’t always read fiction books. I do include books that I think will include useful information to help me improve my writing. I currently have several books on crafting scenes in my queue to read and I started with this one: Setting: How to Create Authentic Settings that Readers can’t Get Enough of by …
Lately, I’ve been reading more than I have been writing. It’s odd to find myself in this predicament. I read Laura Davis’ book The Last Thing He Told Me in 2 days. I stayed up all night the 2nd night just to finish reading it, and then threw the book because I was so mad …
Sorry for the MIA. So much has happened since my last blog post. I lost my domain name. Apparently some foreign retail store now has it. They are benefitting from the traffic that I had worked many years to create. I’m mad about that, but I refuse to pay them for the return of my …
It has been some time since I wrote or things have been normal for me. We have been currently displaced and will be for some time, though I do hope by next week we will have some sense of normalcy until we can find a permanent place to call home. I didn’t think that I’d …
This week I allowed something to sidetrack my progress. Everything was going well. I made two sales, and I sent those out early, but when I decided to create some new items, it completely stalled my progress. I had several new items that needed to be embroidered, and I woke up Tuesday thinking about my …
After much introspection, I decided it was time to make some changes to my business model. This pertained mostly to the ecommerce businesses that I created over the past 3 years. June was such a busy month for me. I planned to make the grand announcement on July 27th (which coincidentally is my oldest son’s …
I know. I get it. You’re probably thinking what do squirrels and this blog have in common? Well, just hear me out. My son’s psychologist, during his appointment, diagnosed me as having ADHD. I sympathize a lot with my students who become easily distracted over the smallest of issues, and when you have those same …
I sat down yesterday morning and worked on my To Do list for the day, but it wasn’t long before I decided I really needed to go to Hobby Lobby to see if they had what I needed. That was my first mistake. They didn’t have it, but instead I ended up wandering around the …
During the course of this long weekend, I actually made several huge steps towards progress. On top of launching 2 more websites, I started designing and prepping another. I should have it up and running in a few weeks. I decided, why slow down now? I think I’ll be able to find the extra time …