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Reflections on Living Abroad — Again! 🌎
“Each time that I move, it feels like a bigger endeavor!” New year, new country 🇨🇦 Now that I’m living in Canada, it means that I’m officially living abroad again (although, I must admit that New York City sometimes felt like a whole different country of its own; it’s nothing like my hometown in the Midwest!). In this video, I took some time to reflect on this recent move and my first impressions as an American (slash French) newcomer to Montreal, as well as the other places that I’ve lived in the past — from my impactful years in Paris, France to that very first life-changing experience in Bristol, UK.…
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Writing a Quiet POV Character
One of the most thrilling aspects of writing, to me, is that there is always something new to try. There's always a technique, a structure, a theme, a genre you've never broached before.
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Café Writing
In a recent video, I talked about how I loved working in cafés but spent most of my writing hours at home. That's still true, but recently I've kickstarted a new tradition of ...
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Starting from the Very Beginning
It’s been a while since I’ve been at Step One of an all-new project. Legend Says was the product of a few years of good solid work, and I got pulled into the novel so completely that I forgot what it felt like back when the story was just threads of ideas and what-ifs. Now that the writing and revisions are done (for the time being, at least), I’ve plunged myself headfirst into the world of queries and synopses… And started something new. While brainstorming a sequel for Legend Says, I will also be developing a new story concept, one that isn’t based on or even slightly related to anything…
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Novel Title Reveal!
It's finally time for my soon-to-be-finished book to graduate from being dubbed TBA to getting its own name.
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Character Casting | Bringing the People in my Novels to Life
So much of a great novel is defined by its characters. What they look like, what kind of history they have, how they act and think and feel. As a writer, it’s our job to do more than just create a fictional person who is entertaining enough to keep readers flipping pages – we have to make that person come to life. For me, this includes a lot of things: keeping a spreadsheet of basic info, taking notes on important features or characteristics about them, exploring how they speak or mannerisms they have…and actually casting my characters. When I’m writing a new person into my novel, I usually have a…
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Welcome to my new website!
I can’t believe this is finally happening! It’s been quite a long time now that I’ve wanted to have my own website, as the perfect place to host all my various platforms, project details, and more. Making a website is a pretty big task, though, especially when you want to get it right, down to the very last detail. Now, I’m not saying, of course, that what you’re looking at now is the final product. This is something that I’ll continually be working on, updating, and experimenting with to make it exactly what I want and need it to be. That being said, I’ve put a lot of hours into…
