Author, Nerd, and Oxford Comma Fan
The final week of Writer In Motion 2021 is here! Okay, okay, I’m a couple days late with my final version. For the final stretch, each participant was paired with an editor. I was matched up with Justine Manzano, who …
Here we are, Round 3 of Writer In Motion 2021. Last year’s WIM was my first CP experience. The terror. Yikes. Okay, so this year was much easier to just click send on that CP message. There was still the …
Here we are, the second week! You’ve seen my ultra-messy, write-until-words-stop, what-even-is-plot-anyway?! post. That was then. This is now. And now… Well, now we’re cooking but we’re still missing some ingredients. Or something. I don’t know, please don’t judge me, …
Reedsy has some fab live video workshops. I recently attended the “Writing Strong Descriptions” workshop (view the replay). Some of my big takeaways include: Power is in the word choice. Especially in the nouns and verbs. Be minimal with modifiers. …
I did a thing! I entered a short story contest. Woohoo, go me! I’m not a short story writer (I’m way too wordy, have you noticed?) But after chilling with the Writer in Motion crew, I picked up a few …
I’m thrilled with the help my assigned editor, Tyler, provided to clean up my story. I had loose ends and wayward sentences galore, but they were able to point me in exactly the right direction to clear things up. Adding …
Endlessly curious, hopelessly awkward. Author of adventurous tales: MG, YA & Adult Fiction. Keeper of random facts. SEO copywriter. INFJ. And ready for some blog-based accountability.