Secret Life Of Authors – Liana Brooks

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What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do

It’s Monday morning and I ought to be writing. I really should. I have deadlines. I promised my editor Fleet of Malik Book 3 by January. I have impatient crit partners wondering when I’m going to hand the manuscript over. And yet… here I am. Monday morning. Eleven A.M.. Staring…

Emergency Preparedness and 72-Hour Kits

As hurricane season bears down on Florida once again I’m inspired to revive a very old post about 72-hour kits. About a million years ago (or twelve) I lived down in Alabama on the intersection of Hurricane Alley and Tornado Way. We got some fierce weather much of the year…

The Difference Between “I Want To Be” And “I Am”

Do you know what the major difference between a published author and an unpublished author is? Quitting. That’s, by and large, the only difference. The people who quit mid-first draft, the people who quit after their first query rejection, the people who quit before they write anything… they probably could…

Giving Yourself Room To Think

Long time readers have probably noticed the dearth of blog posts this year. And that’s because it’s been a very difficult year. Between surgeries, health issues, and the stage of life I’m in there hasn’t been much room for slowing down or writing. Or even thinking. So I gave myself…

Home Again, Home Again

Two weeks of being at home and the jet lag is finally wearing off. I do actually have the words TIME TRAVEL on my calendar for the first and second of March because I boarded a plane on the morning of the first, spent twelve hours in the hair, and…

Life After Twitter

I miss TweetDeck. I’m not even going to pretend I don’t. I spent literal years of my life learning that system, curating my space, and creating a place on the internet that allowed me to get the information I wanted while also reaching my fan base (love you all!). I’m…

I Always Wanted To Be A World Traveler… but maybe not like this

I always wanted to be a world traveler. I grew up on stories of travel, far away countries, and in a multilingual family of immigrants. It always sounded so fun and exotic. As a kid I never thought about how my grandparents felt leaving the only culture they knew, and…

Taking A Break

Life is funny. As a child, Australia was a far-away fairyland that seemed as reachable as Narnia or Middle-Earth. AND NOW I’M HERE!!! Way, way back in 2006-ish I was on the online writing group called Critique Circle and met an Aussie author named Amy Laurens. She was finishing college,…

Stop And Sit A Spell – Let’s Catch Up

It’s hard to believe that I’ve been living in Korea for a year now. But here we are! In the past twelve months I’ve moved across the world, seen another graduate, sent two kids off to college, my youngest has left grade school officially and is now a tween, and…

“Why do you____?” …. Because It Matters

One of those questions that always throws me is, “Why do you care about THAT? You don’t need to know that for your job.” As if curiosity and learning aren’t their own reward. Usually I let it slide with an eye roll. I don’t have time to lecture every random…