Tag: indie author
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Reflections on Fear
When you think of fear, what comes to mind? Scary movies? Walking in a strange place by yourself at night? Spiders? I know this isn’t a usual post for a romance writer’s blog, but I’m more than a romance writer. I’m also a mom and wife and a friend and an athlete and a million…
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Conflict? No Thanks!
It might sound strange for me to admit this, but you know what I struggle with as a writer? Conflict. Do you know the one thing that all fiction needs to be worth reading? You guessed it, conflict. I have a hard time writing it. I try to avoid it in my own life as…
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Small Steps
This probably doesn’t look like much more than an empty sticker sheet that needs to be tossed in the trash. That’s because it is an empty sticker sheet that needs to be tossed in the trash. But it’s also more than that. A lot more. This is a visual representation of times I actively worked…
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Imagine That
I love the idea of vision boards and mood boards. Recently I have been taking part in a writer’s challenge on Instagram. One of the challenges was to come up with a vision board for my story. I’ve been using Pinterest for ages for collecting inspiration, but putting images together into one vision board was…
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Discipline Beats Motivation
Have you ever heard the phrase, Discipline Beats Motivation? It’s one of my favorite mantras. (If I were to get a tattoo, that’s what I’d get!) It gets me to the gym when it’s cold outside and I’d rather stay home in my PJs. It gets me to choose a couple of crackers instead of…
E.A. Brady 