FAQ Category Writing Fiction

I want to write a book. How do I start?

Just start! Maybe in Scrivener. 😉 But you’ll probably quickly develop many questions about how to get better at it, and the business side of things, and why you stare at the wall so much. (Or is that just me?)…

How often do you publish a book?

LOLOL. I wish I could say I’m super consistent and promise a book every 4-6 months, but it’s never been that straightforward for me. Usually, it’s about once a year or so, but the early 2020s have been, um, harder.…

How did you start writing?

I’m guessing it’s due to the unquenchable reading habit I had even as a kid, but I’ve enjoyed writing since middle school, and always wanted to write a book “someday.” I used to email myself ideas and snippets of setting…

Where do you get your ideas?

I wish I knew! Seriously. But they are often triggered by a situation or event I encounter in person, or sometimes by a news story, TV show, movie, or book that gets me asking “What if…?” And then when I…

What’s your process?

Much to my dismay given how much of a planner I am in the rest of my life, I cannot plot a book to save my life. Well, I can, but when I start to write it, everything will change,…

How long have you been writing?

Well, I once wrote a (very short) novel in 7th grade, and I did a lot of technical and academic writing after that, but I’ve been writing romance seriously since January of 2009, publishing my first romance in 2014.