WIP Update: Follow the Arrows (Update #6)

August 27, 2025.Reading time 10 minutes.

On August 1st, I reached the 1 year mark into writing Follow the Arrows. Did I manage to meet my 15,000 word goal for June and did that trend continue over the past couple months, or did I fall off the writing wagon? Keep reading to find out.

WIP Update: Follow the Arrows (Update #5)

June 25, 2025.Reading time 8 minutes.

Ten months in, writing Follow the Arrows has proved to be quite the adventure. Either I go a month without writing (or months, plural), or I crank out thousands of words like it’s nothing. Update #5 features a mixture of both. Keep reading to find out why this WIP’s momentum keeps switching from traffic jam status to full throttle mode.

WIP Update: Follow the Arrows (Update #1)

August 28, 2024.Reading time 7 minutes.

After spending two months creating an outline for my newest WIP, I actually started writing the thing in August! So, how are things going with Follow the Arrows so far?

…I have mixed feelings.

WIP Update: Tales of an Awkward Turtle (Update #3)

May 29, 2024.Reading time 9 minutes.

Welcome back to another update on my current work in progress, Tales of an Awkward Turtle! For past WIPs, I feel like I had a million updates for each. For Tales, though, this may be the last one before The End! If You Missed Past Updates, You Can Recap Here: Now, let me fill you […]

WIP Update: Tales of an Awkward Turtle (Update #1)

January 31, 2024.Reading time 13 minutes.

Can you believe Tales of an Awkward Turtle is already three months in the making?

If you’re wondering how progress is going on this zany story, here’s the tea, y’all. I can’t wait to tell you all about it.

WIP Update: On the Flip Side (Update #6)

June 28, 2023.Reading time 7 minutes.

Yep, I’m still writing On the Flip Side. Still. After a year and three months. 😛

What I’ve Learned From Writing Dual POVs for the First Time

March 22, 2023.Reading time 11 minutes.

On the Flip Side is a contemporary Christian young adult standalone novel that follows the dual POVs of twin sisters, Kennedy and Katie Oliver, as one sister is trapped in a toxic relationship with a narcissist. Since On the Flip Side is the first novel I’ve written from a dual POV, writing this book has been both a fun and difficult learning experience. If you’re new to writing dual POVs, I pray these lessons I’ve learned can help you better narrate your own WIP from two or more perspectives

WIP Update: On the Flip Side (Update #2)

July 27, 2022.Reading time 10 minutes.

I’m five months into writing my current contemporary young adult novel, On the Flip Side. How is writing going? Come find out!

Am I a Soulless Author, or Do I Cry When My Characters Are Tortured?

July 6, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

My book The Crush made a lot of people cry, but did I cry while writing those gut-wrenching scenes? Today I’m revealing how I felt while writing the book! 🙂