That’s right — Honestly Always You is finally out in the world! This book took me 11 days to draft but over a year to edit (that ratio is pretty standard for me 😂), so seeing it in the wild is just the best.

Keep reading for all the details!

Need some online book marketing ideas for your next book launch? Or how about some ideas while you’re still working on the first draft?

You’re in the right place.

No matter where you are in the writing process, you CAN talk about your book online. And you should! The more you talk about it, the better chance readers will have to find it — and fall in love!

Ready? Keep reading for 30 online book marketing ideas you can do RIGHT NOW to tell the world about your amazing book.

Have you ever edited your book while you were writing it? You have? Me, too. 🙈

In this video, you’ll learn if I recommend editing while writing your first draft, how I came to that conclusion, and why I made that decision. And because it’s me, I’ll throw some inspiration in there for you, too. Because as writers, we all need encouragement!

Watch the video below! 👇🏻

Ready for some tips for writing your first draft and finally getting it done??

Writing is definitely a ton of fun, but it can be difficult, too! And sometimes you don’t even know why.

When you’re writing your first draft, it can be easy to beat yourself up for not writing more, get confused about all the technical aspects of the writing process, or get so bogged down in the details of the story that you forget to tell it.

If any of this sounds familiar, THIS VIDEO IS FOR YOU.

That’s right —The Prophecy of the Codex, the second book in the Codex series, is live TODAY!

You can order the ebook here or grab the paperback!

So to celebrate, I thought I’d show you some beautiful inspiration pics and give you the synopsis in images and captions. I even included some snippets from the book! Always feel free to refer back here while you’re reading the book to really immerse yourself in the story.

Enjoy!

Happy Thursday!

Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year? (If you’re not familiar with it, November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, where thousands of writers around the world attempt to write a novel in the month of November!) If you are, you may be in the midst of Preptober! (Get it? Prep + October?) Well, to get you in the writing mood before November 1st, I’ve got something really fun (and helpful) for you!

This weekend, starting tomorrow, I’m doing a Writing Webinar Blitz: three live webinars in three days. 😱 It’s gonna be so crazy, but with me moving next week (check out that announcement here), I wanted to get them out to you!

Check them out!

One of my favorite parts about working on a new book is creating a book playlist.

Come on — I can’t be the only one who does this.

Sometimes books come so quickly (I wrote a book this summer in like 11 days, after all) that I don’t have the time to create a book playlist, but when I work on the first draft for a while, I have so much fun curating a list of songs that fit the book perfectly! It also helps me think about the book and want to get back to writing when I listen to it. I’ve gotta be sneaky with myself at times. 😏

Sometimes a particular song will speak to me during a scene, and I can actually hear the song playing while the scene is happening in my head. It’s so much fun!

Other times, I feel like the lyrics or melody really connect with the book either overall or as a particular theme in the book.

Either way, the songs on my playlist are specially chosen to fit with The Prophecy of the Codex (which comes out in just ONE WEEK, by the way!).

Ready?

Today I thought I’d do something I haven’t done here in a while: Share a book excerpt! It’s been too long.

And since I’m starting the edits for The Prophecy of the Codex really soon (c’mon Melissa!), I thought I’d share a scene from that book! (I’m planning for a release later this year. 😱)

First, here’s an inspo pic to help you try to picture the *unedited* scene, which is near the beginning of the book.

Also, while you’re reading this scene, play this song. You’ll thank me later.