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Caffeinated Convo: What is Your Favorite Travel Music?

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Apr 25, 2017
2 min

Caffeinated Convo: What is Your Favorite Travel Music?

Finally! Another Caffeinated Convo! Did you miss me? *wink, wink* If you haven’t guessed, my family is still. homeless. *Sigh…* But, the good news is, we just got final approval yesterday for the loan on our house! As of May 5, I might–just might–be able to get back into my regular schedule! *crosses fingers and wishes on a star* Our family has been traveling all over the country, as we’ve been patiently (or not-so-patiently) awaiting the day we would move in to our new home.

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Guest Post: 8 Ways to Find Brilliant Story Ideas by Kellie M. Parker

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Mar 8, 2017
4 min

Guest Post: 8 Ways to Find Brilliant Story Ideas by Kellie M. Parker

Hello, readers of Caffeinated Fiction! I’m delighted to join you here today. One of the things people often ask me when they find out I’m a writer is, “How do you come up with your story ideas?” Great question! I’ve put together a list of 8 different techniques I’ve used to find inspiration for my stories. Hopefully they’ll help you too! Photo credit PEXELS Asking “What if?” questions The world is full of interesting possibilities when you start asking questions, and you can

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Caffeinated Convo: Early Bird or Night Owl?

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Mar 7, 2017
2 min

Caffeinated Convo: Early Bird or Night Owl?

Ahhh, the age-old question: Are you an early bird or a night owl? Google this topic and you’ll find a plethora of posts defending why one is better than the other, or which great historical figures fell into what category. But despite what the media might lead you to believe, there has never really been one correct answer when it comes to our creativity, right? Whether you are more productive as an early bird or as a night owl depends entirely on you as an individual. You jus

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The Art of Books

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Dec 14, 2016
2 min

The Art of Books

This post will be a change from the ordinary, as it doesn’t have anything to do with writing or reading. But it does have to do with books, which is the next best thing, amiright? So, recently I won a prize basket through our local library which included the most unique gift I’d received in a while! A book with pages folded in to create the word ‘write’. How awesome is that? I almost did a backflip when I got it. (Except for the fact that I can’t actually do a real honest-to-

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Flash Fiction or Nah?

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Feb 20, 2016
2 min

Flash Fiction or Nah?

Ok, I will admit, I’ve been an extreme skeptic when it comes to Flash Fiction every since I first heard about it. The idea is nice, but I have far too many words rattling around inside my head to partake in such a venture, right? Right. Until last night. I got together with my Scribes Oasis group for our weekly writing time and my friend, Kelly (check her blog out here!) mentioned that she’d taken her first stab at Flash Fiction. I immediately went to her blog, read it…. and

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If a book could put on boxing gloves…

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Feb 8, 2016
2 min

If a book could put on boxing gloves…

A few weeks ago I had a fellow writer ask me a bold question: If I had to choose, would I want to see my work published as ebooks or print books? “Oh that…ummm…” Blank stare. Yeah. Honestly? That’s like asking me to choose between pizza and ice cream. Uhhh, can I have both, please?? So, I got to thinking – is there a way to choose between the two? Will there ever be a time when the only books that exist are in ebook form, all printed material a thing that is merely seen in mu

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12 Days of Giveaways – Day 2

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Dec 14, 2014
2 min

12 Days of Giveaways – Day 2

Here we are at Day 2 of our giveaway! Did you enter yesterdays raffle? Don’t miss out on your chance at winning free stuff!! A big congratulations to Amy C. for winning yesterday’s prize! Woot! 😉 Today’s giveaway is… A set of inspirational notebooks and ‘You are my sunshine’ decor. Honestly? As soon as I saw these I grabbed them up – they are so adorable! Each journal has 70 pages in it and has a witty or inspirational blurb on the front. I bought an additional ‘Sunshine’ si

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Be brave… you’re gonna fail.

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Nov 15, 2014
3 min

Be brave… you’re gonna fail.

This morning I had the privilege of hearing author Shawn Smucker speak at a local Writer’s meeting. It wasn’t a “how to” workshop, or the Top Ten Tips on getting published. It was just a guy sharing his journey of writing, publishing, then writing some more. And ya know what? It’s exactly what I needed to hear. I may not have walked away with pages filled with notes on the do’s and don’ts of writing, but hearing his stories and thoughts were exactly the encouragement I needed

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NaNoWriMo – Day 6

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Nov 6, 2014
1 min

NaNoWriMo – Day 6

Almost there! Tomorrow will be one full week into 2014 NaNoWriMo. How is it going? Have you begun writing yet? What are you writing about? Are you going in circles trying to even get started? Yeah, I’ve been there, too – no shame, my friends! I’m happy to say that for this NaNoWriMo, I’m well into my project of doing a major edit on my novel, “Fallen Ashes”. Each night I lie in bed and think about the story, where it’s going and how I’m inspired to make it better. Counting th

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Coming to the End

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Oct 16, 2014
2 min

Coming to the End

So, here I am. At the end of a journey that has taken the better part of a year. I still remember the convo I had with a fellow writer about the idea of releasing one of my works in novella form. I had been encouraging her to step out and just publish what she had written, and not to fear what others thought. Then I realized I needed to take my own advice. The “Now I Sleep” novella series was first released in April 2014. The last one will be available this month. And I’m a l

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How Bethany Beach made me a better writer

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Oct 3, 2014
4 min

How Bethany Beach made me a better writer

A month ago, we had our end of the summer hurrah by visiting a beach we’d never been to before – Bethany Beach, DE. We’d heard nothing but good things about it from countless people and needless to say, the anticipation for this weeklong venture was monumental. And then a curious thing happened. Between our family and friends, we got three tickets in our very first day. Ouch. That hurts. So badly. How on earth could we, alone, get two in one day? So, we did what any modern fa

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Why I am going to miss my deadline; and this is a good thing.

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Sep 22, 2014
2 min

Why I am going to miss my deadline; and this is a good thing.

Dear friends, The next and final installment of my novella series, “Now I Sleep” is slated to be published by the end of this month. I’m sorry to say, that’s just not going to happen. Phew! There! I said it! Honestly? I’ve been dreading telling those that have faithfully been following the series, that they were going to have to wait a little longer to find out the fate of Sadie, Gabe, Levi and company. I didn’t want to have to come out and admit defeat – I just haven’t had t

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Lessons from a referee and why they’d make great parents

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Sep 17, 2014
4 min

Lessons from a referee and why they’d make great parents

I admit, I’m not a fan of sports. I definitely hate participating and don’t often watch anything sports related on TV. So, I’ve never paid much attention to the various ‘characters’ that are active during any sporting event – particularly referees. Yesterday, I was at the gym on the the elliptical, trying to decide which of the plethora of screens plastered on the wall would draw my attention during my time there. One particular screen caught my eye – a sports news program re

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Book Review: ‘Of River and Raynn: The Catalyst’ by Rebecca Ethington

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Sep 13, 2014
3 min

Book Review: ‘Of River and Raynn: The Catalyst’ by Rebecca Ethington

Very excited to be leaving this review right now! Rebecca Ethington is one of my favorite authors and has been inspirational to me to publish my own work just this year! 🙂 ‘Of River and Raynn’ is a brand new series she’s created and I was fortunate enough to get my hands on an advanced copy of the first installment: ‘The Catalyst’! Woot! Synopsis (as taken from Amazon): They found me when I was five; a little girl sitting on a bench in Grand Central Station, soaking wet, ask

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My Beta is my Alpha and why I feel stuck

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Sep 11, 2014
3 min

My Beta is my Alpha and why I feel stuck

So, I’ve been doing this writing thing for a while now. (Technically ever since I can remember.) Even before I published my first novella back in April, I had done months (read: years) researching publishing options, reading books and blogs on honing my craft and basically trying to figure out how to hit this thing without looking too much like a newbie. (Not sure I accomplished that 😉 ) So pretty much since day one of pubbing the “Now I Sleep” series, I’ve been stressing ab

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The Inspired Writer

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Aug 23, 2014
3 min

The Inspired Writer

Recently I read a post by another blogger who posed the question to other writers, Are you currently in a writing mode? It was an interesting question, one I hadn’t considered recently, as I’ve been caught up with things of life. My writing has always gone in waves, some months much more productive than others. I’ve written entire 80,000 word novels in 3 weeks but have also taken 6 months to complete a much smaller manuscript. A few months ago, I was in a particular ‘writer’s

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Untitled

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Jun 16, 2014
1 min

Untitled

#Inspiration

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