Author of Young Adult Fiction
I almost got caught ….. I almost got caught sneaking into my boyfriend’s car one evening. Only it wasn’t his car. This one was parked in front of a sleazy tavern and some guy came out and confronted me. Scared? I ran and it was …
About the front: There is something really creepy about this cover. I LOVE the colors — the muted red and deep blacks. The script of the title and the girl’s face in shadow. While I’m focusing on her, I’m looking beyond it too … to …
I once had a piano teacher who told me that if ever I was motivated to write music … I should! Just do it, he said! If it’s three in the morning and inspirations strikes … sit at the piano and just write it. I …
About the front: This cover has a totally creepy vibe to it. Wouldn’t you say? I mean … is she dead? Or … is that water really, really cold? When I think of the Red Sea, I probably inadvertently think of the Dead Sea, so …
Go Wildcats! Kim Jewell went to high school in Marion, Illinois – her school colors were yellow and blue. How about yours? As Kim about herself, or read below to learn more! My other car was a: Little red MG convertible. Love vintage convertibles! Instead, …
Reinventing yourself when you don’t really exist is kinda fun. It means I can be anything I want to be and have! See? Before, I was just a solemn girl at the computer, typing away stories from her teenage years. And then I finished a …
A critique is like an ingredient to a pot of chili. The chili just happens to be your story. If you wanna make the story better, you gotta let the ingredients simmer. Doesn’t even Wendy’s restaurant have a thing that says “Good chili cooks for …
If you want to find your friends, you’ll use Facebook. If you want to know the best contractor to fix your front porch, you might scour Angie’s List. If you want the cheapest couch you can find — the one someone just wants out of …
I apologize for my lack of blogging. It’s not that I haven’t been working, in fact, my other me has been busy dealing with book release, launch and marketing ‘stuff’ with the pending release of the novel Little White Lies! But, as this blog is …
The following 252 words are the first … ‘250 words’ (to end of sentence) … of After Dark. I’ve been instructed, by my fabuloso writer buddy Claire Gillian, to post these here so others may weigh in with their opinions. Once those opinions have been …
Two weeks, 2000 words gone, After Dark has been through my standard edits. What are those standard edits? The first is a pass by one of my writer buddies. Gotta get ideas solidified and the really bad stuff I won’t see fixed right away The …
So I spent the last 2.5 months writing the first draft of After Dark and last week, I finished! As of today, I have completed my first full draft edit (from my illustrious writer buddy). I am now 1/3 of the way through the 2nd …
Additional word count (+/- with a few edits to previous): +3562 Word challenges added into scenes: None. All last word challenges left for some other time. Total word count to-date: 78,756 (100% done with this story!) Notes: That’s it! THE END. But, since this is the first of …
Additional word count (+/- with a few edits to previous): +2181 Word challenges added into scenes: None … but I have two left for tomorrow. Total word count to-date: 75,194 (94% done with this story!) Notes: Last chapter!! Last chapter! I’m in the closing chapter!! I will write …
Additional word count (+/- with a few edits to previous): +3007 Word challenges added into scenes: Pfish food Spank me sideways What’d you find, Holmes? Extra-terrestrial Total word count to-date: 73,013 (91% done with this story!) Notes: Beautimous! I am almost through! The reveals are …
Additional word count (+/- with a few edits to previous): +5950 Word challenges added into scenes: None this time, but I have a number to add, still. 🙂 Total word count to-date: 70,006 (88% done with this story!) Notes: The final big reveal is coming …
Additional word count (+/- with a few edits to previous): +4046 Word challenges added into scenes: Wonga (ha!) Total word count to-date: 64,056 (81% done with this story!) Notes: Winn and Mac have somewhat reverse roles. When she pisses him off, he goes silent. Because …
Additional word count (+/- with a few edits to previous): +2249 Word challenges added into scenes: No new ones added today. Got a couple left to go, though. 🙂 Total word count to-date: 60,010 (75% done with this story!) Notes: What happens when an otherworldly …
Additional word count (+/- with a few edits to previous): +3489 Word challenges added into scenes: Boomshackalacka Dude! You did *not* just call me a dudette! Sausage and mash is the food of the future. Did you know that? Do eeeeeeeeeeeeeet If ifs and buts …
Additional word count (+/- with a few edits to previous): +2722 Word challenges worked into scenes: Riparian