Hello! Is anyone there? It's well beyond time for an update! Life got BUSY these last six months or so. I added a second library job to my schedule and picked up more work, focused on building my editing business, and had about one thousand projects going on. But guess what?! Despite starting to feel… Continue reading Finally!
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ARCs, Maps, and Other Things
It turns out, publishing a book is a wild ride! I'm six days away from the release of my first book, Wintersea, and I think I've finally done all the things! The final versions are edited and submitted, my Goodreads page is set up, and I've even sent out some ARCs. Speaking of ARCs, if… Continue reading ARCs, Maps, and Other Things
Update on Wintersea
I can't believe I'm a little over a month from publishing my first book! To be honest, this book has been done for A WHILE . . . but publishing is scary. I've had so much fun with this series, though. The prequel is nearly done, book 2 is in editing phase, and book 3… Continue reading Update on Wintersea
Imposter Syndrome and the Long Winter
It has been entirely too long since I’ve written an update. 2020 was crazy. 2021 has been... busy. In November 2020, I participated in NaNoWriMo again, this time starting a completely new novel: A modern witch fantasy with themes of love, found family, self-love, and environmentalism. It also contains action, spooky graveyards, and cozy romance… Continue reading Imposter Syndrome and the Long Winter
Writing Update
I spent the last few months immersed in writing a new stand-alone fantasy, but I also completely re-wrote my first fantasy book after some helpful suggestions from agents and help from my writing group. I've now gotten several requests for the full manuscript. Yay!
On Writing and Mothering
Lately, when finishing a book, I actually read through the acknowledgements. (My husband tells me that no one actually does this except writers, but I digress…) Anyway, I’ve noticed a trend: The female authors – those with kids – all seem to include a paragraph thanking their spouse profusely for watching the kids sometimes so… Continue reading On Writing and Mothering
Camp Nanowrimo, and Go!
I've been feeling a little down... okay a lot down since Covid-19 started ravaging the world. My family has been isolated for a little over three weeks, and I thought the biggest upside to that would be that I would get a lot of writing done. But alas, I instead felt my mind zapped and… Continue reading Camp Nanowrimo, and Go!
Hyper-Focus: Superpower and Nemesis
When I was a little girl, I often found myself lost. I’d climb a tree and open a book and was transported into other worlds, and our own would fade away. I loved it. I wasn’t actively trying to banish the real world, but I couldn’t help it. I’d read for hours until someone found… Continue reading Hyper-Focus: Superpower and Nemesis
A Little Encouragement
I’m working on my third and fourth novel now, and I recently went back and edited my first. Holy wow. My writing had changed so much since I first started taking this fiction writing plunge a year ago. My first drafts are now coming out better than my second and third drafts and even fourth… Continue reading A Little Encouragement
That Time I Wrote About My Daughter
I wrote a children's story about my daughter. It came out of me one day like a flood, as my stories usually do. I was watching my daughter, realizing how much she had grown, and I panicked. She's growing up too fast. All of those memories - what if they disappear? Followed by, remember when… Continue reading That Time I Wrote About My Daughter
Liz Highland 