If your New Year’s resolution was to read more in 2016, today is the day for you! It’s World Book Day.

The first two novels in my True North series, Anchored in the Bay and Tiny Island Summer, are a couple of the many great books available for free for Kindle Unlimited subscribers to read.

What is Kindle Unlimited? Think of it as Netflix for books. And if you love romance novels, this is a great service for you! As one of the most read genres, there are tons of authors in every category from sweet to steamy for you to discover.

And if you enjoy my books, I do have a few upcoming releases this spring/summer to look out for (On the Rocks and Across the Lake) on the service!

PS-Tidal Patterns, my sweet romance, is up on Kindle Scout. Come check it out here. If you nominate it and it’s selected for publication with Kindle Press, you get a free copy. 

I don’t think I’m ever, actually, “in the mood” to write when I’m working on a first draft. Plotting and planning is exciting. I love a rogue moment of inspiration and jotting down notes on my phone. Even editing, although it takes twice as long, is more supremely satisfying and purposeful to me. It’s always the perfect time to be tidying up all the stray pieces and messy dialogue with critique partners, beta readers, and my editor.

But I’ve never found a perfect moment for writing something new.

So, everyday (or night), I find time to sit down and work. Some days, after a few minutes, my fingers fly across the keys and write a couple chapters in an hour. Others, I can barely get a paragraph done in the same time. But every day I make an effort to work on the raw material of the next project.

This past autumn, I gave myself permission to take a break and took an entire month off first draft writing. I learned what a huge mistake that was when I tried to jump back in to finish up my True North series. Getting the final first drafts finished (which, hooray! They are and I’m editing currently) was rough.

As I wrap up True North, I’m looking toward my next series. I’m in a sort of limbo, waiting to hear back on one project. I could freeze and wait to find out what is going to happen. But instead I’m going to work on a novella and develop the idea for what would be a full-fledged sequel-both accompanying my So You Think You Can Write entry, Tidal Patterns.

I hope to have good news to share soon. If you’re looking for me, I’m behind my computer screen any free moment I have editing and writing the next series.

PS-Tidal Patterns, my sweet romance, is up on Kindle Scout. Come check it out here. If you nominate it and it’s selected for publication with Kindle Press, you get a free copy. 

Tidal Patterns is my first book in the sweet genre of romance fiction. I’d been considering writing a story in this clean and wholesome division for some time. But it took the right combination of story and the push to challenge myself to make me go for it.

Writing this love story, I had to push deeper into the characters’ emotions and internal conflict. I also challenged myself to write the first draft and edit the novel in a tight time frame to submit it to the So You Think You Can Write competition (and it ended up in the Top 25).

And I think  my writing is now the better for all of these reasons. I’ve continued to work on other projects (and am currently editing) and have continued to keep myself on a tight schedule to stay accountable. I now consider my characters’ motivations more thoughtfully and am developing far more three dimensional people.

Tidal Patterns is up on the Kindle Scout website and if you get a chance to check it out and nominate my book (sign in with your Amazon account), I’d be forever grateful. I’m so proud of this book and can’t wait to publish it. And if you nominate it and it’s selected, you’ll receive a free copy.

As I’m wrapping up the True North series, I’ve already begun to think of my next projects and I’m excited to announce that I’ll be writing two sequels to Tidal Patterns (a shorter novella and another full-length novel).