The Tin Box Secret is about to come out in an audible version on Amazon, Audible, and iTunes! This is a big (huge) investment in my trilogy. As an Indie-Author, everything is up to me. I am the author, I hire an editor, I pay for the production of the book, it’s all on me. Now I am taking this next step to put the … Continue reading So Excited!!!!
You know those mornings when you wake up feeling tired? Whether if it’s because you didn’t sleep well or because you are just catching up on lack of sleep, but haven’t quite caught up yet? Then, finally, one morning you awake and you can feel the energy pulsing through your body! You feel the electricity as it makes its way to your fingertips and you … Continue reading Energy
My First Writer’s Digest Conference #WDC17 I wanted to share with you some things that I learned about myself after attending my first, ever, Writer’s Conference. 1. I am a “pantser,” no not a German tank, I suppose I “fly by the seat of my pants.” I am the type of writer who writes without a plan. Those other more organized writers are known as … Continue reading My First Writer’s Digest Conference #WDC17
Have you ever walked down a road early in the morning when the fog from the night before is just lifting? You can see clearly behind you and even for a the few feet ahead of you. But beyond that, is shrouded in fog. You can make out some shapes ahead of you, but the shapes aren’t defined. That’s what it’s like for me when … Continue reading First Draft
As he walked back through the doctor’s waiting room, he smiled at the patients who were about to be seen. Each of them silently wondered why the others were there and sat slightly apart. They remembered seeing the old man shuffle painfully into the doctor’s office just an hour ago. But now he was smiling at them and the fear they had seen on his … Continue reading Scones & A Kiss
It’s so easy to stay within your comfort zone. To not take chances, to not reach for your dreams, to not risk failure. So when you decide to take that first step out of your comfort zone, you feel exposed and vulnerable. It is highly likely that you will face criticism and setbacks. You then have the choice to run back to your comfort zone … Continue reading Comfort Zone
Outlining the plot of a novel is an interesting idea. A Literary Agent has asked me to send her the first 25 pages of my next novel and an outline of the story. Well, what I have found is that it takes about 25 pages to find your voice and the voices of your characters. It takes about 25 pages to know if the idea … Continue reading Outlining a Story
From the time you were small, Christmas has meant Santa’s visit and presents under the tree, Jesus’s birthday, traditions old and new, and making memories that will last me a lifetime. … Source: A Mother’s Christmas Wish Continue reading A Mother’s Christmas Wish
Some books are written based on a proven successful formula. They have all of the components to make for an engaging story-line. But there is a difference between these books and ones that are written from the heart and the soul. The former are well planned out, the latter unfold as imagination is let lose. I had a creative writing teacher in college who once … Continue reading In the End
Writing The Hope Chest was very different for me than when I wrote The Tin Box Secret. Although it is the second book in The Tin Box Trilogy, it takes place one hundred years before the first book. I wanted to show the comparison in time between the 1860s and the 1960s. Both were times of great social change, both were during wartime for the United … Continue reading The Hope Chest
Theresa Dodaro (Author) 