Two of my current notebooks As you may know, I have a lot of notebooks - boxes of them. Every time I open a new notebook, I use the first couple of pages to jot down writing goals and ideas. Getting the entire Breakfast at The Cottage story in one place has been on my … Continue reading Breakfast at The Cottage… all on one page
Damn the Ponytail! Outtake: A Proper Icing
Damn the Ponytail! is raw. That's no accident. Going into this project I wanted the book to have an Anthony Bourdainesque feel to it, which tends to be my own writing style anyway. Raw and concise. Yes, yes, that's the complete opposite of my conversational style - I can talk for hours. In that rawness, … Continue reading Damn the Ponytail! Outtake: A Proper Icing
Celebrate the Wins!
Brittany, Lil, and Lainey gave me a framed copy of my book cover for Christmas. Writing can be lonely. You wake up early or stay up late and hole up in a corner somewhere - your laundry room or your den - and close off all communication with everyone for a while. After you rise … Continue reading Celebrate the Wins!