Welcome back to Austen Promises and the Writer's Journal! ~~~***~~~ Just a week ago as I write this, I spent the day sitting under the teaching of Jane Friedman. For those who don’t know her, Jane is an expert in the business of writing, and she spoke to us about our author platforms. One of … Continue reading Writer’s Journal: Website Changes and What I Learned
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Writer’s Journal: One step forward and two steps back
Welcome back to Austen Promises and the Writer's Journal! ~~~***~~~ By now I’m sure everyone knows I have been leaving my house almost every day to write. A delightful new bakery opened in my tiny town and I’ve been going there four days a week for two or three hours and writing. I’m still working … Continue reading Writer’s Journal: One step forward and two steps back
Thursday’s 300: Darcy’s Predicament, excerpt 10
Welcome back to Austen Promises! I'm so excited to have written more on this story!! Some of you may know that a bakery opened in my town and I've been going there a few days each week, and it's been incredibly helpful. I'm getting back into a good routine after getting Darcy's Caution published and … Continue reading Thursday’s 300: Darcy’s Predicament, excerpt 10
Friday’s Race to the Weekend: Book 4, Post #1
Welcome back to Austen Promises! Good news for lovers of my Pride & Prejudice & Racecars series ... I have plotted and begun Book 4! Not only that, I've developed a premise for a fifth book. I'm happy about this, because I have been wanting to do a book per track of this series. I'm … Continue reading Friday’s Race to the Weekend: Book 4, Post #1
Writer’s Journal: Writing Out
Welcome back to Austen Promises and the Writer's Journal! ~~~***~~~ One of the things writers seem to be kind of famous for is going out places to write. Lots of my fellow writers go to Starbuck’s, Panera’s, or some other coffee shop/café kind of place to spend a couple hours writing. One of my favorite … Continue reading Writer’s Journal: Writing Out
Austen Authors December 10, 2018: The Little Christmas Story With No Name
It’s that time of year again, when we haul boxes out of attic or basement, dump the pile of mouse poop off the tops of them, and pull out all the pretties within to decorate our houses. This year, that has not gone so well for me. LOL It’s a long story, but the short … Continue reading Austen Authors December 10, 2018: The Little Christmas Story With No Name
Austen Authors November 12, 2018: When your marriage dates don’t work out …
Before you read my old Austen Authors post, here's the list of folks who won a book last week. Marsha Bagosy Beatrice Marguerite Eva Edmonds Randi Chance Congratulations! 🙂 Please drop me a line with your email address. You can use the Contact form here on my website or PM me on Facebook, whichever is … Continue reading Austen Authors November 12, 2018: When your marriage dates don’t work out …
Writers Journal: Anniversaries and Looking Back
Welcome back to Austen Promises and the Writer's Journal! ~~~***~~~ If you’re a regular follower of my blog, you know this past Monday, August 12th, was my five-year anniversary as a published author. On that day in 2014, I Promise To … went out into the world, my very first book baby. I wrote a … Continue reading Writers Journal: Anniversaries and Looking Back
Mondays with Austen: A Five-Year Celebration
Disclaimer: This is one of the posts with links that cost you nothing but that may lead to me receiving a small payment. 🙂 Today, August 12, 2019, marks the fifth anniversary of the publication of my very first book, I Promise To …. I never imagined, when I pushed the “publish” button way back … Continue reading Mondays with Austen: A Five-Year Celebration
Writer’s Journal: Book Hangovers
Welcome back to Austen Promises and the Writer's Journal! ~~~***~~~ Do you know what a “book hangover” is? I’m guessing you do, since you’re probably either a reader or a writer if you’re reading my journal. For those of you who maybe don’t know, a book hangover is that tired dragginess one gets from staying … Continue reading Writer’s Journal: Book Hangovers