National Napping Day
WELCOME TO DAY ten OF THE WRITER FRIENDS CHALLENGE! I’m mixing it up a bit today. The original prompt was fun bookish merch ideas. But then I found out the first Monday after Daylight Savings is National Napping Day. 🤯 So, making an executive decision, I switched topics. Writers do it all the time! I don’t know about you, but…
Who I Would Write With
Welcome to Day Seven of the Writer Friends Challenge! Today is an easy one. If I could co-write a book with anyone, it would be my Writing Partner Extraordinaire, Carolyn Anthony. I call her my writing partner, but she’s so much more. A sounding board, plotting partner, voice of reason… She gives me a virtual smack upside the head when…
Names and Nicknames
Welcome to Day Six* of the Writer Friends Challenge! Today we’re discussing names and nicknames. Naming characters is so personal. Sometimes it’s easy, and sometimes…not so much. But it’s always a fun time. Most of the time my characters choose their own names. When I start writing, it's always “he” and “she” but as I get further into the story,…
Favorite Settings
Welcome to Day Four of the Writer Friends Challenge! Today it’s all about my favorite settings to write about. I don’t know if I have a favorite setting to write, but I do have favorite scenes I like to write, and the settings on those can shift from story to story. There’s always a scene of intimacy between the characters.…
Setting Aesthetic
Welcome to Day Three of the Writer Friends Challenge! Today I'm sharing a bit of the setting aesthetic for my current story. The still untitled story I’m working on is for the To LA with Love anthology and takes place in 1890s Southern California. While it does take place in the west, and has some western elements, it isn’t a…