by Lauren | Dec 8, 2015 | writing
This week I’m super excited that my novella Back to Bayou Sabine has been released by my fabulous Indie publisher, Velvet Morning Press. And the best news? It’s free! You can get your free eBook on Amazon right now. (For those of you who prefer the print... by Lauren | Nov 22, 2015 | writing
I’m waiting patiently until March 8. That’s when my debut novel, Bayou My Love, is released. It has a cover that puts a big stupid grin on my face—but I can’t show you just yet. This year I signed with an indie publisher called Velvet Morning Press.... by Lauren | Sep 9, 2015 | writing
The novel is done. The novella is done. Now I’m onto Novel #2, which is second in what my editor suggests should be a trilogy. This is great of course, but it also means I have to get a move on. So this week, I’m hammering away on Book #2. Let me just say, it was... by Lauren | Aug 17, 2015 | writing
This week I’m struggling to keep all balls in the air. I finally shipped out the artwork that was bound for the Paper Museum and it arrived, just barely. Apparently that urban myth about writing “fragile” on boxes is true. It seems to anger certain shipping companies... by Lauren | Mar 4, 2015 | art, artist, book arts, writing
This week, a friend and I were talking about taking leaps–you know, the kind that uproot your life and leave you dizzy for a while, thinking, What have I done? So he asked me, “Where do you get this faith you have, that everything is going to work... by Lauren | Feb 1, 2015 | art, freelance, freelancing, workshop, writing
Last week, My friend Katie and I set aside five days for our own personal writing retreat. We’d been reading and editing each other’s novels for several months, and couldn’t seem to finish. With a new goal in mind (new endings, submissions in...