I strongly advise authors to seek the assistance of professional editors for their book babies. But I also understand when authors go it alone due to budgetary constraints. That is why I like to utilize my platform, my newsletter, to help other autho...

Let me shout this one from the rooftops: Authors need good editors. More importantly, authors who ARE also editors need good editors.I am an author. I am an editor and an awesome one, if I do say so myself. But...Editing my own manuscript is a big NO...

Last time I imparted some advice I'd gleaned from literary agents and publishing editors from several writers' conferences I've attended over the last couple of years. Today we're going to go over some common writing mistakes that you will want to fi...

Vampire romances have been a favorite of mine since Bram Stoker’s Dracula. My only “meh” read was (no hate mail please) the Twilight series. Edward Cullen is my least favorite vamp. Sorry. Not Sorry. But the series kicked off a hurricane of new books...

Thanks to several writers conferences where I had the fortune and pleasure to meet literary agents and publishing house editors, I gleaned some helpful advice for how authors can determine if they are truly ready to move forward with their book baby:...

Vampire romances have been a favorite of mine since Bram Stoker's Dracula. My only "meh" read was (no hate mail please) the Twilight series. Edward Cullen is my least favorite vamp. Sorry. Not Sorry. But the series kicked off a hurricane of new books...

Some books are supposed to be deep dives in your soul. Some are supposed to make you cry, self-reflect, etc. You are usually given fair warning in the blurb or by the book’s genre/subgenre/etc. But since when does a fictional account of a woman in a...

My very first published book back in 2019 was Rekindled Prophecy: Greylyn the Guardian Angel series, book 1. I can’t tell you how many rewrites were performed on that manuscript before I finally relinquished control and allowed Greylyn and Kael’s lov...

Clearing Negative Energy from Your Home By KC Freeman So we all hear ghost stories told by the camp fire. Perhaps we watch the plethora of ghost hunting shows on cable television. I know that I do. Maybe we’ve seen, heard, or felt something we can’t...

Summertime Blues! It’s a real thing. There’s even a song about it, so it has to be true, right? Summer kicks off fine enough. Weather is just starting to warm up so BBQs, lounging by the pool or lakeside or beach with your favorite book are utter per...

Summertime is for vacations to beaches or mountains or lakes or wherever your fancy takes you. Sometimes summer is more a staycation and that’s perfect too! What makes summer special? I will go ahead and admit that my writing will be on the backburne...

What do authors need most besides a literary agent or big name publishing company to come along, sweep him or her off his or her feet with a hefty signing bonus and promises the author will never have to lift a finger to market their own books? Throw...

If you LOVE paranormal romance, fantasy romance, angel romance, fallen angel romance, mythology and more…JOIN ME Monday, 1/23/2023 at Noon EST for a live reading of FALLING FOR THE DEVIL! And don’t forget to grab your own copy of Falling for the Devi...

Did you do the traditional setting of new year resolutions for 2023? I’ve done so in the past and quite frankly…it’s been a waste of my energy because then when I don’t magnificently follow through I feel guilty for not “being the best I can be” and...

Just a few days ago, those of us in the USA sat around a table with family and friends (some we liked and some we didn’t), pigged out on foods we wouldn’t normally cook, watched football or Hallmark or Lifetime channel holiday movies, and we declared...