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First Line Friday: Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
Today wraps up Where Do You Get Your Ideas week, and one thing I've learned for realz is how hard it is to BLOG. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Props to my blogging friends who manage to update every day or even twice a day. I don't know how you do it, but now I'm doubly impressed by you.
I've also learned that I never find typos until I've posted my blog ( Read more... ) -
Theorem Thursday: Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
First, let me say how freaking proud I am of myself for using the word "theorem" in my blog title. I haven't used that word since 10th grade geometry class. Go, me!
But on to today's inspiration.
When I first started writing, I found it terribly difficult to come up with ideas of what to write about. I'm not a particularly creative person. I don' ( Read more... ) -
Writers Group Wednesday: Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
Although I've belonged to several writing groups over the years, both online and in person, I actually have mixed feelings about them. On the one hand, I think it's very difficult to find a group of "writers" who are all equally excited about writing, while at the same time not being smug and self-important... but on the other hand, I've gotten ( Read more... ) -
Trigger Tuesday: Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
It's Day Two of Where Do You Get Your Ideas week, and I'm really excited about this one, because I get to talk about Hate List and am even going to post a little snippet of a chapter for you ( Read more... ) -
Montana Monday: Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
I don't know about all writers, but I would guess a fair share of us get this question every once in a while (try every single time someone finds out we write ( Read more... ) -
Do You Need to Go to College to Be a Writer? Well, No, But...
It never fails. Every time I talk to a group of teens, I get asked if I went to college to be a writer. And when I tell them, no, my major was Psychology and I only took the minimum required amount of English classes, they follow up with, "Well, then, do you need to go to college at all to be a writer?"
Ah, how do I answer that question? ( Read more... ) -
The Calm After the Storm
Last week was a week like none other I'd ever experienced. I knew it would be wild, and tons of work, but I really had no idea the brand of crazy it was going to be. Good crazy, but crazy just the same.
I thought surely by the end of the week I'd be one giant ulcer, unable to put a full sentence together my hair white and fingernails chewed with ( Read more... ) -
My Very First Book Signing!!!
Last night was my very first book signing, and it was such fun! The crowd snaked through KC indie, Rainy Day Books, and out the door onto the sidewalk! We ran out of books, and thank goodness once again for the Debs, who taught me to always bring extra books to a signing. I'd brought all of my author copies, and had Hub running out to the van to ( Read more... ) -
Hate List: The Playlist
One question I've been asked a lot is what songs I would include on a HATE LIST playlist. The truth is, music and creativity are so intertwined in me, there really was a "soundtrack" of HATE LIST going through my mind during the writing process, and even beyond. Below is the unofficial soundtrack of HATE LIST, and the songs that inspired the story ( Read more... )
