Visionary Goals – a Place to Start
~ Why I Start with Visionary Goals ~ In my last post, I talked about how I set up my writing journal. In this post…
My Writing Journal – How I Start off the New Year
~ Start with a Journal ~ The beginning of a new year is always a good time to review what one has accomplished and to…
Why Authors Need a Marketing Cheat Sheet
~How to Keep Your Marketing Info At Your Fingertips~ Do you have a marketing cheat sheet? I do. Last year when I released my first…
Writing a Series – 6 Tips for Success
~How to Extend the Story~ When I started writing my first romantic suspense Beneath the Skin, I had no plans to make it into a…
Don’t Get Sued: Get Permission to Legally Quote from Another Writer
~Have You Covered All Your Bases?~ Do you know how to legally quote from another writer in your own commercial works? In scholarly works, it…
I love to read, but not during National Writing Month
I love to read. In fact, I don’t just love it– I am compelled to read. I read everything. If there is a newspaper in…
I Am Ready to Write Within the Skin!
Ready. Set. Go. Starting tomorrow I will begin working on Book 3 in the Skin Quartet series Within the Skin. This is the romantic suspense love…
All Fired Up for NaNoWri: How I’m getting ready
NaNoWri or National Novel Writing Month starts on Tuesday. This will be my third year participating. I don’t know why, but somehow tracking words and…
Zara’s Words for Readers & Writers
I have always loved words. Words are amazing things. They can make us feel happy. They can cut us to the quick. Loving words as…
I Have Started a Journaling Blog – Check It Out!
Why would anyone want to write? What is the hardest part of writing? What ideas are swirling around in my mind? What frustrates me as…
Minimalist Tattoos – Perfect for a Romance Writer or Not?
To Tattoo or Not To Tattoo? As many of you know, the next book in my Skin Quartet series, Close to the Skin, features a…
Zara West: On Being Short
Do you like your heroes and heroines to be tall or short? Recently I was interviewed by Coffee Time Romance & More, a blog devoted…