Trigger warning: This post contains disturbing content about query letter writing suitable for mature audiences only. Thick skin is recommended before reading. Query letters. Ugh. I think the second part of that response is automatic for most writers. The very thought...

The final installment of the Mastered by Degrees trilogy will soon be available. Fulfillment is the culmination of Bree's story, her exploration of a world unknown to her but one that has revealed secret desires and not so secret truths. Here's a quick excerpt as Bree...

You know that scene in some movies where the protagonist reaches the hallway to freedom and suddenly, the hall elongates to this impossible length? The door at the end becomes fuzzy. The protagonist can start to run but can never close in on the door. The hall just...

When I started writing many years ago, I didn't show my work to anyone. I barely told anyone I was writing much less that I wanted to be published. I'd had enough experience with the laughs and finger-pointing to know this was considered an unreasonable goal, a lofty...

I recently moved to a new state. Sold my house. Packed everything in a truck. Hooked up my car. Drove for three days. Adventure. There's something about starting over. You'd think, after all my moves, that it would get old but there's still excitement and nervousness....

I'd like to welcome Ireland Lorelei to A Writer's House this week. Ireland is from my old stomping grounds of North Carolina, but she currently lives in Florida and is an erotic romance author. Her current series, Second Chance, has its first release available, Back...

I jumped into TikTok last month, determined to master the newest craze that's supposed to be the answer to marketing books. All I can say is....sheesh. It's just another platform filled with conflict and drama when it doesn't have to be. Readers being attacked by...

I think the only piece of writing advice I've consistently gotten over the years has been to "write what you want to read." That's great advice...if you want no one but your best friend and a couple of critique partners to read your book. I'd love to think that...

I'm excited to announce the release of a new short story in a charity anthology benefitting The Trevor Project. The anthology features 11 authors, 9 of them winners of a Golden Pigtail Award! Each story puts its own twist on a classic fairy tale. Happy endings have...