I am thinking about trying my hand at NaNoWrMo this year. Sounds daunting? I have dipped my toe in since 2010 but never took it far. I would really like to focus and sit down and finish it this year.

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Thursday, August 15, 2013. And if we are talking about fiction, the type of book you are writing also dictates how freely you may choose.

I know people still frequent this page and I just want to say thank you. This blog, though not updated in years, still receives hundreds of views per week. Although I have not returned to cake decorating, I do still have all of my equipment, pans and tools. It was my very first.

After watching the above video, I got thinking what my answers would be to the same questions. So enjoy my answers to the Zombie Apocalypse tag. Which three fictional people would you have in your team? The object immediately to your left is your only weapon. Will you survive? The object to my left is a small brass lamp. I will survive for some time by bashing it against zombies. If you were a zombie, who would you want to bite? What would your survival plan be? January 12, 2015.

Thursday, March 10, 2016. This is my Shirley - that impish look says it all. I was so incredibly happy a few months ago when an idea for a short story came to me. Unfortunately, it came and went just as quickly. I was in Thailand at the time, I think. How do I know? Then in 2010, when I began writing Red Mojo Mama, my muse returned big time. I finished that novel in just a few months and went on to publish a book of blog posts, a novella, a collect.

Thoughts on social media, marketing and communications. It has only been five years since my last year-end blog post. This one reads a bit like a random Christmas letter, so you have been warned. I went from an early riser to a hyper-early riser. I go to bed at 8PM consistently and naturally rise at between 2-4AM. This approach has let me to do more focused work and also facilitated working with clients i.