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Obligatory Valentine's Post

I love Love. ❤️ It's no wonder that I chose Romance as my genre of choice. It took me a long time and many failed projects to find my passion with writing.  Yesterday was February 14th, Valentine's Day. A day set aside to shower our loved ones with flowers and gifts and chocolates. But it always strikes me as fundamentally…

Deadlines and This Writer's Life

It's February! For some people that means letting a large rodent decide whether we'll have a late spring. For others, it's all about Valentine's Day and love.  I'm a romance writer, which one do you think I'm focusing on?  If you guessed NONE BECAUSE I'M ON DEADLINE you would be absolutely correct.  That's right, I am deep in writing mode…

Welcome 2022

Oh man, it has been an age. Every year I make myself the promise of being more productive, being more present, and just being more. While everyone was in lockdown in 2020, I was still going to the Day Job and having to deal with that along with family in the home constantly and no place of my own to…

Writing Goals

Evening, all. It’s October and that means it’s time for Blogtober. Thirty-one days of daily blog posts. 😱 Day 2: Writing Goals What are my goals for the month? I don’t really plan out monthly goals. I’ve been following the HB90 system of goal setting and accomplishment for the last two years, and it’s focus is on quarterly goals. Since…

Introduce Yourself

It’s October 1st, and that means it’s time for Blogtober. Thirty-one days of daily blog posts. 😱 Call me crazy, but I think it’ll be fun. Day 1: Introduce Yourself Hi, my name is Christina. I could tell you all about me and my writing, but that’s already on my about page. Instead I’ll tell about what’s not there. I…