Author of Young Adult and Teen Books
I’ve been on a huge romance kick lately. Usually when I’m writing a certain genre, I like to read similar books. It tends to keep me focused on my writing. My book selection this week is Kiera Cass’s The Selection. This romance tends to also fall into a dystopian type of genre which I hope …
Tropes, while often discouraged due to their overuse, are something that can be used when planning out your novel or story. Most tropes are things that we see all the time in writing. The damsel in distress. The search for treasure or adventure. The knight in shining armor. These things can be used to plan …
On the last day of the school year, I was able to present two of my students a signed copy of my latest book, Romancing Mr. All-Star. The first thing that they did was flip through the pages to find their names because I used their names as characters in the book. They asked me …
My newest book, Romancing Mr. All-Star, is available for purchase on Amazon. You can also read it for free with Kindle Unlimited. This is my first full venture into romance. It is a clean romance for ages as young as 12 to 90. No worries of anything not being age appropriate. Don’t fret the fact …
The best tip and advice I’ve ever received (and given to my students) is to read as often as you write. Reading the same genre as you are writing can help ideas flow, whether it is paying attention to how another author develops a character’s arc or how the plot develops. One thing that I’ve …
If you’ve worked hard on your book, you may want the perfect professional book cover. However, sometimes that is a price that is way out of your budget. When I first started out, I had to learn how to utilize Adobe Photoshop to my advantage. It wasn’t exactly perfection, but I did learn over time …
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 …
After near burnout from trying to keep up with writing content for 10 websites, I decided to do some analyzing and determine my next best course of action. The biggest change of all had to do with 3 of my online stores. I merged them all into one, and it has been the most liberating …
I’ve been trying to find the right amount of time to write along with all of my other responsibilities. That’s not always easy because I know that I write better first thing in the morning. I suppose that has a lot to do with the fact that I always did the majority of my writing …
One thing I always tell my students is that if there is no conflict, there is no story. Even the best romances in the world involve some type of conflict. There has to be a problem that the character must overcome in order to grow. If a story is too easy, it’s boring. I can’t …
