The crappy thing about divorce is the false hope that all the fighting is over. Well guess what if you have kids it’s far from over. If you have a bitter ex like mine they are now a pawn in some evil scheme to torture you with. Unfortunately, the ones that suffer are the kids. … More Still in court…
As some of you may know my writing and books were derailed in 2018 when I divorced my husband of 17 years. We are officially spiltsville and I’ve been happily dating a new man for well over a year but the ex and I are still fighting about the kids. It’s put a serious strain … More Good things are happening
I took most of the summer off work to spend time with my girls. After missing them so many evenings with my crazy work schedule I was relishing the idea of quality time with them. Crazy right? Maybe a little. I bought a pop up camper last fall and couldn’t wait to spend time exploring … More Adventures of a Single Mom: Utter Failure
After clawing my way out of the depression that I fell into it was time to really focus on my girls. They needed a routine, which is hard when you work retail, and more structure. Discipline had always been wishy washy as well because my ex and either disagreed or felt guilty because of the … More Adventures of a single mom: Cleaning Up
https://youtu.be/Z5_wAg50RSc In the fall of 2017 I joined a small group of independent authors who had a goal in mind. They wanted to have a joint blog to share their message and promote their books. When I joined the site was nearing 100,000 views now they are approaching 250,000 and reach the top of Google’s … More Blogging Together
For those who don’t know I am recently divorced. You can read that post here. Until this fall I have my two girls 95% of the time because of my ex’s work schedule. That’s great by me. I love my girls and it’s been a blast getting close to them. I have had my trials … More Adventures of a Single Mom: Beginnings
Many authors love to tease their friends saying “be careful, or you’ll end up in my novel” while true this isn’t always a bad thing. I have friends begging to be warriors, mages, or even a villain in my books. They want to know what kind of character I’d make them. I have an ex-roommate … More Creating Believable Characters
Wondering where I was? If you don’t follow my Instagram or Facebook or simply want more details on where I’ve been the last several months I’ve spelled it all out for you. With 2018 over I have plans to start fresh. … More Radio Silence
My life right now is a work in progress. My husband and I are in the midst of a divorce that came as a surprise to both of us. I came to a point in my life where I realized that we both wanted different things and no matter what we did it wasn’t going … More Work in Progress
If you are having slow sales making the switch to Draft 2 Digital could improve your results. https://www.draft2digital.com/rtranbooks See how that and other small changes helped me. … More A Small Change Makes a Big Difference
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