CONTEST: Sleeping Beauty Story

Exciting news, word nerds! Today marks the beginning of my first ever contest! As you may know, I’ve recently been posting a short story. I wrote it for a contest last year, but unfortunately missed the submission deadline. But guess what! The publishing house that ran the contest is doing another one! This time, it’sContinue reading “CONTEST: Sleeping Beauty Story”

How to Come up with Ideas (AKA, I Don’t Know What to Blog About)

Every week, I find myself running through the same train of thought: It’s Tuesday. I’m supposed to blog today. Crap, what should I blog about?! So I’m using that panic as an out. My chosen topic today is coming up with ideas! Here are three ways I generate ideas, for blogs or stories. 1. Play theContinue reading “How to Come up with Ideas (AKA, I Don’t Know What to Blog About)”

Reluctant Romance Writer

For the majority of my life, I wanted to be a writer. But never once, in all those years, did I want to be a romance writer. I was that kid growing up who would rather read adventure books, watch war movies, and live vicariously through fantasy stories. I would even go so far as toContinue reading “Reluctant Romance Writer”

4 Ways to Help Motivate Yourself

Motivation is hard. There, I said it! I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks so, right? I have a hard time making myself be productive sometimes. And by sometimes, I mean a lot. My excuses can get quite ridiculous. If they even exist. For example, I blog on Tuesdays (obviously). I came upContinue reading “4 Ways to Help Motivate Yourself”