In an area ravaged by wildfires just months prior to my visit, I witnessed serene landscapes and felt unblemished weather spanning the entirety of every day all week. Coming from a land-locked state like Arkansas, I wasn’t accustomed to the salt in the air. It was a scent that pleasantly invaded my nostrils as the coastal city of Santa Barbara became my temporary home. Being … Continue reading California Dreamin’
This morning I received yet another email from a literary agent unwilling to represent me and get Sunset Cove published. This marked the fifth rejection email I’ve received on the project. This morning’s email was different, though. It wasn’t an automated response generated from an overbooked agent, nor was it a task assigned to a secretary giving the stereotypical “thanks, but no thanks” response. Instead, … Continue reading Update: Handling Rejection
Words have always come easy to me. I’ve always been able to express myself clearly and not-so-concisely, which only meant that I was never short of having something to say. Until I fell in love with her. Love is the most covered topic on my blog, mainly me writing about my own idea of love or my past experiences I thought to equate to love. … Continue reading Indescribable Love
Writing about the past is normally my strongest ability, but this novel has been challenging at the very least. More appropriately, this piece of my soul that I have been penning has been the culmination of experiencing all emotions imaginable as they pertain to a single other person. It is based on many true events, though I won’t disclose which are fictional and which actually … Continue reading Upon Completion
Recounts, Reflections, and Other Writings 