A Personal Reflection on Growth, Chaos, and Choosing Hope 2025 was… a year. A beautiful one, a difficult one, and one that pushed me in ways I didn’t expect. I wrote through grief, celebrated milestones, launched new books, juggled motherhood and homeschooling, and built deeper connections with this incredible community. Here are a few highlights…
A new holiday story is on the way… and you already know the characters. I’ve been waiting so patiently (okay, not really) to share this, and the time has finally come: My 2025 Christmas short story — the one following Addy and Kevin is getting its COVER + TITLE REVEAL on November 18th! And the…
There are moments in an author’s career that feel big. Not just exciting-big… but heart-thumping, coffee-fueled, “oh wow, this is really happening” kind of big. Today is one of those moments. Because in August 2026, I’ll be attending my very first official book signing + convention. The Happily Indie After Author Event in Ohio! I’ve…
☕ The coffee’s ready. The Notion board is glowing. And somewhere between the last playlist shuffle and the click of my keyboard, the countdown hit zero. Tomorrow… well, technically, tonight at 12:01 AM, the Rough Draft Challenge begins.Fifty thousand words. Thirty days. One author armed with too much caffeine and not enough sanity. It’s go…
☕ The final countdown to November has begun, which means it’s time to take my beautifully chaotic plot and turn it into a battle plan. Notion is open, my pens are loaded, and my caffeine supply is looking… promising. During the Rough Draft Challenge, I write whenever the story demands it. Mornings if inspiration hits…
☕ We’ve hit that point in Preptober where the excitement of a new story starts colliding with the reality of, well… real life. The notebooks are cluttered, my plotting playlist is looping the same three songs, and I’ve already had to rewrite the plot of Act Two twice. But that’s how I know I’m…
☕ The plotting board is a mess, my Notion tabs have multiplied overnight, and my playlist has more versions than I’d like to admit. In other words, it’s officially the middle of Preptober. This is the part of the month where I start living in two creative worlds at once. My 2025 Christmas story (the one…
☕✨ The notebooks are filling fast, and the playlist is dangerously long, so you know that means the characters have arrived. This Preptober, I’m not prepping this year’s Christmas story (that one’s already written and heading into edits before its December release). Nope, this round of plotting chaos belongs to next year’s Christmas story. Because…