A Writer's Life

 Here I am in 2011, This is the first book I Self-Published.  I now have 80 E-Books on Amazon and some of them are in Print. Does anyone care if I write and get published?  No.  No one around me cares.  That is a fact of life.  If I write or don't write does not affect people around me. I write because that is who I am.  I am a writer.  I can not stop writing.  I have tried.  I would like nothing more than to sit on the couch with a bag of chips and dip and watch movies, but the voices in my head, won't let me.  They want their story written.  So I write. I write for myself.  I don't write for anyone, except God. God has told me the books to write. I started out as a Zombie Writer.  I like writing Zombie Books. Then One day, God spoke to me.   God said to me, "I let you have your fun, now I want you to write the books I want you to write.  that is what I am doing. I have written The Cross, That Bible Lady, That Crazy Chicken Lady, You Have Been Warned and many Non-Fict

Save The Cat Got to savethecat.com  Buy the book.  It will change the way you plot. There are 15 Beats to plot by. 1.  Opening Image 2.  Theme 3.  Setup 4.  Catalyst 5.  Debate 6.  Break Into Act 2 7.  B-Story 8.  Fun & Games 9.  Midpoint 10.  Bad Guys Close In 11.  All Is Lost 12.  Dark Night Of The Soul 13.  Break Into Act 3 14.  Finale 15.  Fina Image This has totally changed the way I plot and think about the story. Then The Book puts Plots into Groups: 1.  Whydunit 2,  Rites of Passage 3.  Institutionalized  4.  Superhero 5.  Dude With A Problem 6.  Fool Triumphant  7.  Buddy Love 8.  Golden Fleece 9.   Monster In The House The Book breaks it down for you.   THIS BOOK IS A MUST IF YOU ARE A WRITER.   I DON'T CARE WHAT COUNTRY YOU LIVE IN. THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ BUY THIS BOOK DOWNLOAD THIS BOOK I am not getting paid to say this or to blog about Save The Cat.  This is the book that I refer to over and over again.  As I talk about my writing process,  I will refer to this b

 This is new for me.  I started out as a Romance Writer,  Moved to Paranormal Romance Writer to Zombie Writer to Christian Writer.  Now I am venturing into being a Fantasy Writer. So I will blog on how my writing is going.  This is what I have done so far: 1.  I googled world building and found a great PDF to print out  (Google The Ultimate Worldbuilding Template and print it out or save it on your computer. 2.  Went and bought new notebooks and 1 sketchpad notebook.  The sketchpad notebook I am using for my drawings (Not that I can draw at all) and to place important ideas or whatever for a quick reference. 3.  I went online to find pictures of my characters.  I looked at book covers to find my pictures  (Google premade bookcovers)  I printed out the covers, cut out what I wanted and placed them in my sketch pad.  I also Goggled Fantasy Characters.  Just to find pictures of what I want my characters to look like. 4.  I Googled Old English Names to find my Character's Name.  Google

  Amazon THAT CRAZY CHICKEN LADY   AMAZON It is easier than you think to publish a Print copy on Amazon.  It might take some time but basically you download the template for the size of book you want and then insert your file into that template. I am very proud and excited about That Crazy Chicken Lady.  It is a romantic comedy about a Megan you inherits her Grandmother's farm and Megan hates the outdoors and ends up raising chickens.  It is a fun read and also talks about living in these last days. Believe it or not, but this world is a mess and these two books Prepare Yourself for the Rapture and That Crazy Chicken Lady is all about how to survive in these last days before Jesus comes back. Chickens is a great food source. for eggs and meat.  All you need is a Rooster to do his thing and you can hatch chicks over and over again.   Even if you are not a Believer of Jesus Christ, you have to see the signs of what is going on in the world. So that is why I wrote these 2 books.  To t

 I ordered a Proof copy of my newest book That Crazy Chicken Lady.   Amazon It is published as E-book.  I am waiting for my proof copy on the Print Copy. I am so excited about that. The story is about a woman who quits her job and moves to the country, even though she hates the outdoors, to raise chickens as she believes that she is living in the Last Days. I have already sold copies of the E-Books and I think this is a book at the perfect time we are living in. Amazon We are living in  the Last Days before the Rapture. and That Crazy Chicken Lady and Prepare Yourself for the Rapture is for today. I am excited about these two books. Keep writing.  

  Finally Published That Crazy Chicken Lady!!!!        Amazon   It is on Amazon in E-Book.  I am publishing it in Print.  I ordered a copy to see what it looks like before I hit the publish button. For the past 2 weeks I have been in editing mode.  This is what I did. 1.  I write in bed.  Though I do not recommend this.  Bad for the Body. 2.  I printed out a Hard Copy and read it through.  Not looking for grammar mistakes, but for major plot mistakes.  Making it flowed how I wanted it to.  Making notes listing page numbers as I read. 3.   I then went and corrected the problems in the computer. 4.  I then did the spell/grammar checker.  I knew I had mispelled words. 5.  Printed out another Hard Copy 6.  I then went through it line by line word by word, making lists of things to do later and marking on the Hard Copy. 7.  I then went back to the computer and made all the corrections.   8.  I formatted the pages.  The Chapter Headings I did in a different Font. 9.  Created a Table of Conte

 This book was the first Novel I wrote, finished and Self-Published.  I was rejected by every Major Publisher in New York City.  This was in the 1990's .  Fast forward to present 2021 I have more than 80 E-Books and Print Books Self-Published on  Amazon . The past month I have been working on my Latest Book, That Crazy Chicken Lady.  I wrote the rough draft.  I just had to rewrite some of it and start editing it.  The problem was that I didn't like the tone of the book.  It wasn't funny.  It was a good story, but deep down, I didn't like it.  So I changed the name of some of the characters and rewrote the entire book.  It is 60,000 words and I really like this book.  I think it will be a fun read.  A romantic comedy. So why am I telling you this? Because for a month, I wrote nothing.  I thought about writing as I was binge watching TV eating chips and dip.  At this point I didn't care if I wrote or not.  I was in a mood.  It was not Writer's Block, I think that