Monthly Archives: February 2019

It took me a while to read this book, not because I didn’t like it, because I’m a very moody reader. I seem to go on different genre kicks. When I started this book, I zoomed through it. Alexa Donne, the author, said Brightly Burning is “Jane Eyre in space.” […]

BOOK REVIEW: Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne

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Current projects Queen of Werewolves – The Lost Princess of Howling Sky Book 3 Once Soulmates – These Immortal Vows Book 3 Another week down! I’m the kind of person who is constantly looking for ways to be more efficient in what I do. I want to write books faster, with great quality, while always improving my craft. Basically, I want to […]

Week 8 – Dictating for Writing Speed and Typing for ...

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In the past, I was doing star ratings for books. I don’t want to do that anymore because I don’t know how to use them properly, so I’m going to use this space to simply talk about my thoughts and feelings. I’m also going to try to be better about […]

BOOK REVIEW: Smoke and Summons by Charlie N. Holmberg

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Current projects Queen of Werewolves – The Lost Princess of Howling Sky Book 3 Once Soulmates – These Immortal Vows Book 3 First, I want to start out by saying this: it’s not always easy to fulfill our goals. Each week, I have a goal in mind. It’s a small goal, a stepping stone, to reach my big goals. Big goals like […]

Week 7 – Writing and Self-Care

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Are you ready to learn more about Ash? I talked about Lance in this post and Yuri in this post. Now it’s Ash’s turn. Ash is genderqueer. This means different things depending on the person, but I wanted to make Ash like me. It goes back to each of the […]

Valentine’s Day Tigers – Ash “Nobody”

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I talked about Lance and his asexuality last time in this post. I wanted to prove to myself that an asexual character can belong in a “steamy” romance. It was also to prove to myself that an asexual author can write a steamy romance. Funny, maybe, since I’ve been writing […]

Valentine’s Day Tigers – Yuri Lenkov

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Current projects Queen of Werewolves – The Lost Princess of Howling Sky Book 3 Once Soulmates – These Immortal Vows Book 3 Queen of Werewolves – The Lost Princess of Howling Sky Book 3 I’m over 30,000 words into the first draft of this book! I actually wrote the outline for Queen of Werewolves right after I finished Saving the Werewolves. I […]

Week 6 – Writing Book Series

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I’m working my way back onto YouTube but in a very different way. In the past, I haven’t been big on showing my face. It’s still not my favorite thing, and I doubt it ever will be. I’ve thought a lot about this before making the decision to essentially start […]

YouTube Reintroduction – Writing and Other Creative Pursuits

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I’ve been thinking about authenticity a lot lately. During one of my yoga practices, my teacher said something that has stuck with me. My teacher said she puts herself in situations where she can be authentic. I wondered what she meant by that, and I thought about my books and […]

Creative Work and the Pursuit of Authenticity

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Current projects Queen of Werewolves – The Lost Princess of Howling Sky Book 3 Once Soulmates – These Immortal Vows Book 3 Blind to Love – audiobook Queen of Werewolves – The Lost Princess of Howling Sky Book 3 Well, I didn’t get anything done here because I took time off for Kingdom Hearts III, got sick, read some books. But rest assured, […]

Week 5 – Taking a Break

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