I know all about love and moments that make your heart skip a beat. I’m familiar with the sights, sounds, and smells of Western North Carolina in every season. I can describe a variety of weather, characteristics, and emotions. So, when I’m writing a romance set in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the summer, I […]
I Can Explain … (Behind the scenes of an author’s search history)
Writers are notorious for having crazy search histories. And to be fair, we aren’t the only ones whose search history can be somewhat alarming. When I posted on social media about searches I’ve done for my work-in-progress, a friend who’s studying to be a lawyer said her search history is looking shady these days because […]
Riding the Waves
As with any full-time job, writing is exhausting work, and after awhile I find my creative well has been thoroughly drained. My go-to in order to fill up my creative well has always been live music concerts and musicals, as well as other types of live shows. I also love to travel, though I rarely […]
Cowboys and Commitments
I gotta say, I’m excited for 2023. So much happened in 2022 that I’m still processing, but that doesn’t dim the excitement of a new year with new challenges and new books to write. I feel like I failed a lot in 2022, and I was forced to reevaluate my commitments. I’m currently finishing up […]
Tidbits of Romance Advice
We’ve all gotten romance advice, right? Please tell me I’m not the only person who others have felt the need to give unsolicited advice to on romantic matters. I get it. I do. I’m not the most romantic person in the world. I might be romance challenged. Or romance illiterate. (And yet I write Christian […]
When Opposites Attract: Author/Character Edition
Opposites might attract in both fiction and real life, but when the opposites are an author and one of her characters, things get tricky. After all, how is an author to dream up ideas that are the opposite of her own? How does an author write about experiences she’s never had? In To Believe In […]
Out with the Old, In with the New
I’ve shared before that I create my book covers. With a background in graphic design, it has certainly come in handy having the ability to create my own designs. It’s been a blessing and a curse at the same time because I’m often critical of my own work and will nitpick it to death. You […]
English Language Day (And #FREE eBooks)
Is English your first language? If not, was it easy for you to learn it? When did you start learning it? There are some major languages in the world that celebrate their own days, such as English, Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, French, and Russian. Since I’m blogging in English, I thought it would be fun to talk […]
We’ve Got Personality & Giveaway
Do you like to take personality quizzes? There are quite a few different kinds out there. Do you ever wonder where a character would fall on one of those personality scales? Well, good news. My friend Sarah Anne Crouch has agreed to join us and give a sneak peek into how she developed her main […]
Making Faces
Have you ever noticed when a character makes a certain facial expression … well … a LOT? I think I notice things like that more because I catch myself doing it when I write. My characters have this tendency to lift one eyebrow higher than the other. Why? Yeah. I have a tendency to do […]