Book two is officially 70% written. Which feels both exciting… and slightly terrifying. I just started writing chapter 31, which means the finish line is finally starting to peek over the horizon. Not close enough to touch yet, but close enough that I can see it if I squint a little. Maybe. Lots of fun parts and lots of parts I'm doubting. It's just, you know… the usual writing process. Right now, I’m still deep in drafting mode, trying to get the rest of the story down befor

Here we go! Another rabbit hole! I spent so much time  trying to figure out what every chapter needs in order to be considered “done.” I read articles, watched videos, bookmarked threads… and everyone seemed to have a different answer. Except they didn’t. It was all the same core ideas, just phrased differently. So I took all those overlapping lists, combined them, and turned them into a simple chapter review checklist. I even made myself a little half-sheet fill-in slip wi

Going into book two, I wanted a better plan. So I did what I do best and let my ADHD take me down about 10,000 rabbit holes researching how other authors approach timelines, planning, and publishing. I found so, so many authors who have already tackled this particular topic. So, I pulled from their experience, combined it with what I already knew about my own process, and smushed it all together to get this list of things that work for me. I'm not going to publish my list be

Step One: Write your book... or at least start. Step Two: PANIC... or don't. There is plenty of time for that later. Step Three: Get down to business... All jokes aside, there is so much information out there on how to self-publish. It's honestly overwhelming and confusing. So, instead of pretending I know everything (because I'm still a baby author), let me start with what I learned as someone who didn't do ANY research before they started writing. Because I never thought

This year has been a hard year. One of the most confronting years of my life. I started my journey to be an author. I lost a parent. I lost a grandparent. And watched my sister get married. Somewhere in all the grief and celebration, I found that I had so much inspiration. But also doubt and a whole lot of pressure for things to be perfect. (That last one might be the grief talking.) And now we are just weeks away from the end of the year and I'm still here. Still writing. Th

This cover has been months in the making! I spent hours in Canva and Procreate, obsessing over all the tiny details. Trying to make everything feel exactly right. There were so, so, so many versions of this - far more than I care to admit. I knew what I wanted the cover to do: catch eye, but also really represent what this story was about. So there I was, creating option after option... too many options. At some point I'm pretty sure that my friends hated me because I barely

Here we are ... my first blog post!