Truly Understanding Anxiety

Honestly, the title is misleading. I’m not sure you can truly understand anxiety unless you yourself have experienced it, or if someone you love lives with it everyday. Someone I love suffers from an anxiety disorder. And contrary to what some people think, it is not just a case of being shy or nervous, it

What Your Indie Author Friend Needs From You

What is an indie author? Being a self-published/indie author means you keep the rights to your book and publish it yourself using distributors like Amazon. A big part of choosing to be an independent author is wanting to have creative control over your books. It also means that you are you a publishing house, a

Romance Genre Deserves Respect

Has anyone ever given you a hard time for reading romance novels? Imagine being a writer of romance. For some reason, the romance genre tends to get a bad rap. Romance novels are a 1.08 billion dollar a year industry. You would think a number like that would warrant some respect…however, that’s not normally the

A Dream

“Breathing dreams like air.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald      A dream is defined by Merriam-Webster as: a strongly desired goal or purpose.      I couldn’t agree more. I’ve always loved to write. Many times over the last twenty years, as I was raising my daughters, I would pick up my pen and think, ‘Today is the