Category: Writing

  • Novel November

    Novel November

    For years, November has been the month that everyone hunkers down to write 50,000 words of their novels. Personally, I think November is one of the worst months of the year to do this — work is crazy, as everyone tries to finish off big projects before people start leaving for the holidays, and the…

  • Halfway Through 2025

    Halfway Through 2025

    I love a good calendar. There’s something about office supplies in general that really gets me excited (probably the misplaced hope that one more pack of highlighters or sticky notes is going to finally help me organize my life.) But calendars are god tier — all those beautiful images and the neatly ordered boxes! All…

  • Writing HistRom in my Home Town

    Writing HistRom in my Home Town

    One of the fun things about being a writer is the way new ideas will pop into your head all the time. Most of them probably won’t go anywhere, but sometimes the little kernel of a story idea you have might be worth fleshing out. I was chatting with a writer friend who is setting…

  • What Sarah Adams Taught Me

    What Sarah Adams Taught Me

    Last week I dragged my book bestie up to Franklin, Indiana to see Sarah Adams and Chloe Liese in conversation about Sarah’s newest book, Beg, Borrow, or Steal. I love this series — set in small town Rome, Kentucky, all the characters are quirky and fun, the emotions tug all the heartstrings, and the couples…