Listen now! So you want to write that mystery? Awesome! I love when people own their creative dreams. But it’s not as simple as just sitting down and waiting for the muse to strike with her fairy wand full of creativity. Instead, we’ve gotta do some things to set ourselves up for success. I’ve...
Listen now! How do you actually set yourself up for writing success? I don’t mean the nuts and bolts of learning how to write or practicing your craft. Yes, that’s important—but that’s not everything. I’m talking about the mental prep work you have to do to get your mindset, your confidence and...
Listen now! Friends, I’ve got a treat for you this week! If you love Halloween and coffee as much as I do, get excited for this episode. I have fellow cozy author Emmeline Duncan joining me on the show today. Emmeline’s books are so much fun. She’s the author of the Ground Rules Mysteries about...
I am a chronic learner. I would go to school forever if I had the unlimited funds it takes to get degrees these days (and yeah, I'm still paying off that grad school degree from many years ago, so there's that). I do manage to find a way to keep learning though. I love online courses and have...
How do you decide what to write? I get this question a lot. I think people who are deciding if they want to write a book spend a lot of time thinking about the external landscape—trends, state of the publishing industry, what agents want, what’s hot on one bestseller list or another. And look....
Writing “success” doesn’t happen overnight. We all tend to get caught up in such a narrow view of success, and specifically this idea of it happening "overnight." Writers definitely experience this. We see the people on the NY Times bestseller list, hear about the new writer who got a...
