As I was going through collecting and collating all my writing from 2020 and 2021, I was feeling bummed about my lack of writing. It wasn’t until I was about an hour into organising things that I realised, I had more than I thought. Not only did I have all my poetry and short stories from both years, in 2021, I revisited, re-edited, and republished … Continue reading musings during a pandemic + more
I am really proud and honored to announce that THE SOUND OF MADNESS is now available for the world to read. This novel and this character made me grow as a writer and as a person. She became part of my world and brought me strength and I would like to think I brought her vulnerability. I hope you enjoy reading THE SOUND OF MADNESS because I sure … Continue reading The Sound of Madness
I have started working on finalizing THE SOUND OF MADNESS to be self-published. I originally wanted to have it self-published in January, but it didn’t feel right so I kind of pushed it aside. When I self-published BARFLY in December 2014, it was for me. It was me conquering my fear of putting “my baby” out there for the world. I knew I could handle rejection from … Continue reading Self-Publishing Lesson: Don’t Rush
As I write The Sound of Madness (aka in my work in progress (WIP), I had to take a week off of writing in it. It’s a cardinal rule in my writing world to write a minimum of 500 words a day in whatever current WIP I am on, but there I was taking a week off. I needed to sort out my head and … Continue reading The Sound of Madness: Clearing Headspace
When the pesky Muse strikes, she strikes hard and without warning. On December 23rd, I was casually singing “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You’ll never know dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away…”to Nick da Dawg. I was channeling my mom really. She sang the song to my nieces when they … Continue reading The Sound of Madness: A Work in Progress