Annie Plays “Would You Rather”

I was tagged by Aria over at Snow White Hates Apples to complete a particularly challenging round of "Would You Rather" regarding my literary preferences.  I'll spare you the intro and just get right to the game! Would you rather... 1. Read only stand-alones or trilogies? I have to go with stand-alones here.  I love how…

How My Independent Study in Novel Writing Changed Me and My Writing

I'm pretty reserved in person, but there is one foolproof way to get me blabbering: ask me about my independent study.  I loved it.  I love it.  I will continue to love it because it was so freaking amazing. Let me start by telling you how my independent study came to be.  As I mentioned…

What Annie’s Wondering About: A Reverse Q&A

Guess who has two thumbs and just got 100 followers?  This gal!  Thank you so much for reading, liking, commenting, and being a supportive audience.  I've loved every minute and cannot wait to continue meeting so many amazing people. To celebrate the 100 wonderful people who read the ramblings I send out into the depths…

What Annie Does Before She Writes: My Writing Process

As I wrote this post, I had two Google Chrome tabs open: the "Edit Post" page on which I wrote this little excerpt of my life... and my unfinished manuscript.  Sorry to say it, but I was procrastinating in my writing process by writing a post about my writing process.  How paradoxical.  Regardless, I appeased…

What Annie’s Doing: A Reading and Writing Update #1

Hello lovelies 🙂 So I've been seeing a lot of mid-month writing and reading updates both on WordPress and on my YouTube feed and I thought, "heck, why not do it myself?"  I've been in kind of a rut about what to post on my blog as of late and I think that this might…

How NOT to Write a Book: A Six-Step Process

The first thing I did when I decided to write a book was look up "How to Write a Book."  With so much advice out there and so many conflicting opinions, it's hard to know what will really work for you.  Writing a book has to be a customized experience because your book and its…

Don’t Worry About It: My Biggest Struggle as a Writer and How I Overcome It

There's nothing quite like the feeling of pure, undeniable inspiration.  It's as if the stars align, the sky opens up and a beam of sunlight shines down on you, your computer, and the brilliance in your head.  Your fingers are typing faster than you thought humanly possible and your thoughts are spilling onto the page…

How Taking Chemistry Made Me a Better Writer

When I decided that I was going to take Advanced Placement Chemistry my senior year of high school, I got my fair share of puzzled looks.  "But you're an English person," they'd say.  "What are you doing in a Chem class?" In truth, they weren't wrong.  I was even surprised that I wanted to take…

Why I Write Unapologetically

Anyone who knows me personally knows that I am a full-fledged Pinterest addict.  Pinterest is such a useful resource as a writer and I always find new thoughts or images that spur my creativity and induce inspiration.  (You can follow my personal Pinterest here  and my writing Pinterest here).  I never know what I will…

My Writing Playlist

As any writer knows, the muse is a tricky thing to pin down at the right time.  As I've developed as a writer over the past few years, I've learned that music is an easy way to get my creative juices flowing. Here is a list of my favorite songs to listen to while writing.…