Welcome to the our 5th Five Fall Favorites blog party! I am so glad you could make it here to the Literary Lodge. We have so many books for you to explore this time as well as an exciting Grand Prize giveaway! Set back from all main roads, this charm...

Howdy! I hope you all are ready for some more fun and games because that’s what I’ve got for ya. I’ve really enjoyed seeing or rather hearing how everyone has done on the earlier party games. I hope you enjoyed those. This will be the same sort of ga...

I have four things for you today! Don’t miss any of them. 1. Next Tuesday is another 5th Tuesday which means it will be time for some more games and a giveaway! Be sure you come check out the fun. 2. On October 1st the gates to The King’s Daughters’...

Please excuse me while I climb up on my soapbox again. This is a topic that, as a writing teacher, drives me nuts! Have you ever read someone’s writing “rules” that makes you a little puzzled because either someone else tells you the exact opposite o...

Some people have asked me if my stories ever evolve into something different than I was expecting. Or if my stories ever change as I’m writing them. Sometimes they do slightly, other times quite a bit. Did you want to see what the changes for one sto...

To the Bookshelves This is the final stop on our story’s journey. I hope you’ve enjoyed this trip and learned some things. Once I made those final corrections from the proof copy, I created my kindle book for Jim Wood. I don’t like creating the kindl...

Final Checks The proof copy is in my hands! It’s always an exciting moment when I get to actually hold my story in book form even if it is a proof copy. But now what? After I’ve admired it and and commented on it and found some things to fix (the syn...

Formatting/Cover/Proof My story is written, it’s been edited to a certain extent, now what? Now I get the fun part. I mean I love writing and seeing the story come together and finding out what happens to my characters, but I also enjoy formatting, d...

Editing How do I get my stories edited? And how did Jim Wood get edited? I have found that my editing is a bit different than many other writers. But it works really well for me. Yes, I’ve read the books that say:“Never go back and edit as you write....

Starting to Write Planner or Pantser? As I shared in the last post, ideas for stories come from everywhere. But Jim Wood began because I just started writing. Did I have any idea where the story was going? No. Did I know who my main characters were g...