Dear NaNoWriMo, It’s not you… It’s me. From the moment I discovered you, I’ve loved you. The idea of writing a novel in a month—I nearly swoon thinking about you. You are a wish, a dream, a goal to achieve, but I will never be good enough for you. I’ve tried to make our...
I write dark, emotional books. No fluffy cotton candy feelings in my writing. But still, I sometimes struggle to name the overall emotional tone of a scene, or label a character’s feelings. I know. I know. I’m a mental health counselor, naming emotions should come easy to me. In my defense—on a daily basis...
Words are powerful. When I’m editing I comb through each sentence of my manuscript, checking to see if I could use more powerful words. Sometimes there just isn’t any better way to say it than plain Jane sayin’ it. But most of the time, I can find beautiful words to transform my plain Jane...