May Update:

Love and Murder at Cliffside Manor is getting its second round of edits before preparing for Beta readers in August.

As a part of my Editing phase, I’ve bought and am reading:

• Story Genius: how to use brain science to go beyond outlining and write a riveting novel by Lisa Cron

• Wired for Story: the writer’s guide to using brain science to hook readers from the very first sentence, also by Lisa Cron

• Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: how to edit yourself into print by Rennie Brown & Dave King

• The Emotional Wounds Thesaurus: a writer’s guide to psychological trauma by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi

• Romancing the Beat: story structure for romance novels by Gwen Hayes

• Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: the last book on novel writing you’ll ever need by Jessica Brody

• Save the Cat! Beat Sheet Workbook: how writers turn ideas into stories by Jamie Nash

These books are to ensure I write and edit the best possible book I can before new eyes see it.

In addition, I’m dedicating more time to building my social media presence and updating my website, hoping to grow and maintain consistency. Starting in June, I will record reels and videos to post to my instagram and youtube pages that will be posted for July’s theme of “So You Want to Write a Novel.” Stick around to learn more!