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Title: Still not convinced these work
Subtitle: Beatrix Bobbit is infinitely better than a video but the Bobbits would make a delightful show.
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big changes from drafting
After so many drafts and re-writes, I'm taking a pause to enjoy reading my finished product with all the new additions. Seventy pages in,...
beatrix bobbit and the surprise birthday
Beatrix Bobbit was shivering, despite the scattering of fires blazing across the former pumpkin patch. The flames leapt across the field...
short stories in a series
Have you ever started doing something that you didn't understand until you started and now you do it all the time? I'll go first....
writing november
The beginning of November feels like a pause before an exhale. A brief moment where you're turning a little more inward, layering up,...
fluffy little cows and why writing
When the words feel like they don't wanna be written, what do you do to calm your mind and get the writing going? Look at a field of...
beatrix bobbit and the pumpkin patch
Halloween Day... "Do something, Beatrix, dear!" Mrs. Bobbit shrieked and swatted her broomstick at the hoard of animated pumpkins now...
writing on rainy days
Here's looking at you, cow... Why is it that rainy days feel like the most excellent Reading Days but not necessarily the best Writing...
luna's october reading thoughts
Boo! This month has flown by on a zippy broomstick. I got a little off-track for exactly what I wanted to read in October and have...
fairytales, vacations and writing time
Just returned from a Fall Fairytale getaway to Stowe, Vermont. It was nothing but gorgeous fall colors, hikes up the mountain and through...
beatrix bobbit returns to witch camp
Mrs. Bobbit was crouched in the garden, misting her dahlias, and occasionally her own face. It was rather warm for October, after all....
rewriting scenes in a book
After this weekend, I've basically re-written the first 100 pages of this book and that makes me feel... Happy? Excited? Sleepy? A bit of...
writing tips, tricks and treats
I've been on a deep dive lately reading writing tips and blogs and articles to uncover the secret about writing a really good book. One...
october goals or ghouls
Goals or ghouls, who's to say. But October is here. Month number 10. And, that is terrifying. I remember finishing my first draft of Luna...
mr. bobbit at the beginning
All eyes were on Mr. Bobbit as he was transported to a time many years ago in a dusty old house. Long before the mustache and Beatrix and...
beginning in the middle
Starting in The Middle (not the Jimmy Eat World song). For a while, the beginning of Luna's story was a snooze fest. The stakes weren't...
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