Writer's Journey

Letting someone read your work can feel scarier than writing it. I’d love your feedback on finding trustworthy alpha and beta readers, what to share, and how many readers to choose.

"I showed up every day. It was never on a whim; it was a repeated drive to build something that turned into a space I thought about endlessly." ~ AJ Riall I really hope that these blogs don't come across as tutorials, because they are not meant to. I sat down today trying to think about what to blog about because the purpose of this blog is to document my journey. If I find like-minded people or others on a similar journey, then that is a bonus. A year and a half ago, I cert

One little tip from a writers conference cracked open a door; and suddenly, the prologue felt like the solution my story needed.

I've been writing since I was little. I remember enjoying storytelling way back then. The cover of a book called Nobody Wants Barkley, by Marilyn Anderson, is still taking up space in my childhood memories. My tiny hands picking it up off the shelf, which I grabbed solely due to the art on the cover. I remember my thumbs brushing over the image on the front. My little empathetic heart was drawn to the fuzzy little terrier drawing. The sad expression as he lay in a cardboard b