I had wanted to write a novel for most of my life, but for many years, I didn’t have the courage to do it. After a serious illness in 2017, I finally decided it was time. Once I allowed myself to be myself, it opened up a portal I couldn’t…

At the heart of any type of fiction is storytelling. People love stories, they have since the beginning of time. Stories were recorded when we developed the ability to communicate. Stories are captivating because we love to find ourselves in them, discover something we find relatable, and identify with something…

As I reflect upon this past year, I have realized that I have learned a lot about writing in the recent past. The more I write, the more confidence I gain as a writer. I enjoy writing fiction because it allows me to explore the unfamiliar. I write characters unlike…

We are coming toward the end of NaNoWriMo, short for National Novel Writing Month. It normally happens in November, but there are other versions that are hosted throughout the year. The idea is to write at least 1,667 words a day so that at the end of the month, a…

I recently read Lisa Benson’s debut memoir, Where Have I Been All My Life?, and was struck with the similarities between the story Lisa portrayed in her book and the one I described for my protagonist, Anji, in my debut novel, Lonely Dove. Where Have I Been All My Life…

How can some words That I wrote so long ago Still ring so true As if I hadn’t changed at all? How can some other words That I wrote equally long ago Seem like they came from Someone else?

I embarked on a writer’s journey over four years ago when I started writing the first draft of my novel, Lonely Dove. The book is about a woman who receives visions that send her on a hunt for her soulmate. Through the search, she finds herself confronting many of her…

I saw a green orb As I sat to face the screen Preparing for the video chat The angels are with me It said Cocooning me in their deep love That I realized Then Already exists inside

As part of the publishing process of my upcoming novel, Lonely Dove, I was asked how similar the content was to Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove, which was published in the 1980s and gained much popularity, particularly after it was adapted as a series. In fact, the four books of the…