Becoming an Author

Figured it was time for a little update on my book writing journey! In the last blog post about it, I mentioned that I was waiting for feedback from a couple of beta readers before I would be about done. For those who don\’t know what beta readers are, essentially they are total strangers who

I am so, so pumped and I have to tell y\’all why! This week, I finished the final read through of my first novel, Sink or Swim. I sent it off to two beta readers, who have promised to return feedback to me within the next two weeks, and as long as they don\’t point

Since I am now in the process of getting people to read my book and give me feedback on it, I\’ve had a few of those people ask me how I got into writing in the first place. I\’ve always told them the short version of the story: I\’ve just always liked writing and publishing

I promise not to rant or whine about what\’s going on in the world in this week\’s blog post! Instead, I want to share how excited I am that I think I am FINALLY happy with how the progress on my book has been going. I\’ve been working on writing it for almost two whole

Earlier this week, my parents and I had the opportunity to go see R.J. Palacio speak at Lake Area Tech. If you are unfamiliar with that name, she is the author of quite a few books, her most famous one is called, Wonder, which was recently turned into a movie starring Julie Roberts. Now, I