Get ready for a Pencils&Lipstick first! This week I have two guests: @ashleykayauthor and @madisonmichaelromance are two romance authors with new books out this month PLUS more coming THIS YEAR! We talk about writing when life gets in the way, making hard decisions, understanding the romance market and more! #writingcommunity #authorinterview #writingtools #authorslife #writingpodcast #author #writerslife #podcastforwriters #womensfictionwriter #romancewriter #bookstoread #bookstack #writerlife #authorsofinstagram #romanceauthor #booklover #books

Rain or shine, a book always completes the day! #books #booklover #contemporaryfiction #womensfiction #bookaddict #bookstoread #ilovereading #bookstagram #bookstack #writerlife #writingcommunity #writer #womensfictionwriter #fictionwriter #author #amwriting

Do you have a yen for peace? That seemed the most appropriate question today for #wordywednesday. Have you used this word before? I don't think I have, but it's short and punchy and I'm thinking I like it. How about you? #writerlife #words #writer #englishvocabulary #wordaddict #vocabulary #writingcommunity #ilovewords #fictionwriter #authorslife #writingtools

Getting my podcasting on! Photo by @peggycormaryphotography #podcasting #writer #writerscommunity #writerslife #podcasthost #authorinterviews #onair

I haven't been journalling lately so I pulled out my interactive journal and started writing in it for myself. A New Way to Journal is a beautiful diary that I've never allowed myself to have. But that changes today! Do you like interactive journals? What keeps you from journalling? #writerslife #author #writerlife #writer #writingcommunity #journaling #journalling #writeyourlife #diary

Vicky Quinn Fraser (@tinybeetlesteps) is on the show this week! Vicky is a nonfiction book coach and I loved our conversation about writing creative nonfiction that isn't BORING! Come hear why you should write a book and see if you want to join her 1000 authors club! Also check out her podcast called 1000 Authors. It's brilliant! #authorinterview #writerslife #podcastforwriters #writingtools #authorslife #writingpodcast #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerlife #writer #authorsofinstagram

Oh no! This is so me. All the time. I love finding the contrarian idea or argument and putting it out there. Drives my husband nuts. Do you have a WIP who's an iconoclast? Are you? Tell me I'm not alone!!! #writerlife #wordaddict #vocabulary #ilovewords #writingcommunity #wordywednesday #words #writer #englishvocabulary #amwriting #authorsofinstagram #writerslife #writingtools

What’s on your to-do list this week? We started making lists and posting them in the Creative Writing Community as a way of motivating us to finish all the things it takes to be an indie author. Do you make yourself a list every week? #writing #writersofinstagram #writerslife #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #indieauthor #indieauthorsofinstagram #indieauthors #todolist #accountability #writers #authorlife #community #together #writershelpingwriters #writershelpwriters

The mountains are calling. How I wish I could go. A week of writing her would be heaven. #nepal #writing #writingcommunity #writerslife #author #authorlife #missingtravel #traveladdict

Crime writers fascinate me. It seems so hard to me to keep secrets from the reader in a delicate and intelligent way. With all these questions I have, I just had to have a crime writer on the show! @edjamesauthor is on this week! Come listen! #writing #writingcommunity #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #authors #crimeauthors #policeproceduralbooks #books #ilovebooks #crimebooks #thrillersuspense