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Have you heard the news? “A Time to Rise” (Book 3 in the ‘Out of Time’ series) by Nadine Brandes will be released October 14! Woo-hoo!!...

Yesterday I gave an update on my monthly challenge, so today I thought I’d update where I am with my writing. I do realize I still...

Some of you might remember I took up an August challenge to write Flash Fiction every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. At the end of the...

I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while. It wasn’t until in recent conversation with a fellow writer that I was reminded it had...

It’s done! Today I put the glorious words THE END on the final chapter of my current manuscript. Yippee!! I had the goal of finishing it...

Things have been pretty busy lately, and I’m sorry to say, they will only get busier! The month of April I worked hard to achieve my goal...

Well… not anymore, but it sure felt like it a few weeks ago! I’m happy to make a bigger than big announcement that may or may not put a...

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men, couldn’t put Humpty together...

I have a confession to make. I’m in love with one of my characters. Ok, maybe ‘in love’ is a bit dramatic. (Me? Dramatic? No!) But I’m...

Ok, I’ve been challenged by my friend Kelly Barr to participate in a fun little activity called the 7/7/7 Challenge! It doesn’t take much...

The car smelled like old leather, dirty socks and that burger from last week. It wasn’t pretty or glamorous. It also wasn’t the way I...

Rough Drafts can be a tricky thing. The process that one author takes will look completely opposite from that of another. Each of us have...

I’m often asked how I get so much writing done when I also homeschool my three daughters. And until about a year ago, I would’ve said it...

My current manuscript in revision happens to be a middle-grade fantasy set in a fictional medieval world with fun things like unicorns...

For those of you that haven’t already checked out my Facebook page, I have some exciting news I’m ready to share with the world! A few...

I’m so excited to share a first here at Caffeinated Fiction: Our very first author interview! Look for one each month, and get to know...

So, I’ve had a little excitement in my life recently. Over the past few weeks, I’ve had a chance to speak with an agent about my most...

It was just about a year ago that a friend of mine handed me a book – ‘Nil’ by Lynne Matson – instructing me to ‘Read. Now.’ When I...

I became a fan of Julie Kagawa when I read her ‘Iron Fey’ series, a few years back. I read the first one, fell in love with it, then...

I saw the movie based on the book, ‘If I Stay’ by Gayle Forman, earlier this year. I wasn’t sure I wanted to see it, since the...