November is National Novel Writing Month, better known as NaNoWriMo. Every year, NaNoWriMo challenges writers across the globe to write a 50,000-word novel in just thirty days. It's as fun as it is daunting. Even though NaNoWriMo sounds strict with its timeline and fixed goal, it's an event for everyone, no matter your level of experience or genre. The focus is not about finishing with a ready-to-publish masterpiece but simply embracing creativity and putting pen to paper (or

Each quarter, I've been sharing a glimpse into my historical romance novel Bound to the Heart through character profiles. This year introduced the story's protagonists, Zach and Eve as well as Zach's brother, Henry. To finish up this year's entries into this series, I want to shine a spotlight on the other Thayer sibling at the heart of this WIP: Sophia. By the way, this character rendering was created using The Sims 4. Any CC used will be noted at the bottom of this post. So

In the seventh grade, I got a blue hoodie for Christmas. Money was tight that year and my mom found it on the clearance rack at Fashion Bug. It was plain, a cotton cable-knit zip-up, seemingly nothing special—and believe me when I say I lived in it. It was practically a second skin, which astounds Mom to this day. I referred to it as a wearable security blanket because I loved the texture of the yarn in a way I couldn't exactly explain (and it was almost the same shade of blu

It's time once again for the quarterly character profile featuring the cast of my historical romance novel Bound to the Heart. Set in Regency Era London, the story follows a bookseller-turned-sibling-chaperone and a hopeless romantic with a grieving heart (and an overbearing mother). The first posts in this series highlighted my protagonists, Eve and Zach. Today, it's time to talk about one of my favorite secondary characters in this WIP: Zach's brother, Henry. By the way, th

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