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I am a bit of a flowery writer. Before I began this whole journey to publishing, I had no idea what that even meant. I loved creating rich worlds, and describing every little thing down to the way drops of dew shimmered on the surface of an individual blade of grass. As it turns out, flowery (or purple) prose can actually detract from your story telling. If you aren't familiar with the term, basically it means that you use showy words, complex vocabulary, and a plethora of ad

It turns out, as an author in the digital age, I'm supposed to become an expert in marketing. Not just any marketing either. Visual marketing. As in: put yourself on camera for the whole world to see. Back in the day (you know, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth), the whole process seemed pretty simple. Write a book, publish the book, readers somehow find the book... Easy peasy lemon squeezy. (Yes, I know it was more complicated than that, but just humor me for a minute.) Now? N

Well, that's a loaded question, and there's no easy answer. I've spent most of my life building worlds in my head. Places I'd like to visit. Lives I'd like to live. Moments I'd like a second chance to do over. Entire stories unfolding while I stared out of a classroom window, or on long Sunday drives with my parents, while folding laundry, and washing dishes. If I'm being completely honest, I've always been a bit (a lot) of a daydreamer. Eventually, the stories became too big