Welcome!

Hi there, I am Nicole. This blog is simply my little corner of the writing world. I used to own and operate the previous website known as Freelance Writer's Exchange, but my focus changed a lot and I decided to let that go and run with this.

I am a YA & Women's Fiction writer. Trying my hand at my first steamy romance novel. Wife. Mom to 5. Freelance contributor to family, food & lifestyle pubs. I love chocolate, books, photography, scrapbooking & Sushi. Not necessarily in that order.

I absolutely love comments, and love meeting new people, so please be sure and leave a comment so I know you've visited, and so I can come visit you.

Top Freelance Writing Blog
PhD Online




Visit She Writes


Visit YALITCHAT

Grab My Button:

Check Them Out!

NaNoWriMo

Are you participating in NaNoWriMo in 2010? If you are, leave me a comment with your id and I'll add you as a friend! 2010 will be my 5th year winning, and my 7th year participating. (like the optimism?)




Writing Tip of the Day:



________________
Add this to your site

Popular Pages Today

Love Letters To Literary Crushes Blog Fest

Frankie, over at Frankie Writes has proposed a Blogfest on Wednesday, June 30th! It is in honor of the release of Eclipse and the fact that Edward and Jacob seem to be hogging all the literary love these days. It’s time for us to move onto some other literary loves.

We all know there is at least . . . → Read More: Love Letters To Literary Crushes Blog Fest

  • Share/Bookmark

Writing Fun

Buffy over at Buffy’s Write Zone posted a fun little exercise that was inspired by Janet Reid’s fun contests over on her blogJanet Reid, Literary Agent. It pulled my in right away, because I’ve written myself into a little plot hole and needed to take a break. So why not do this instead?

First, you have to answer these . . . → Read More: Writing Fun

  • Share/Bookmark

Inspiration Letdown

I have had so much on my plate recently, that I have had practically no time at all to write. Of course my definition of no time to write and your definition of ‘no time to write’ are probably somewhat different.

At first I thought I was just having some trouble with getting inspired due to all . . . → Read More: Inspiration Letdown

  • Share/Bookmark

Writer’s Meme

I haven’t done one of these in a long time, and I stumbled across this on another writer’s blog. I saved it for a day when inspiration wasn’t coming as easily – yes, that’s today.

So here is my version of the writer’s meme. (oh and if you decide to do it, please leave me a comment . . . → Read More: Writer’s Meme

  • Share/Bookmark

My Muse Died…

This is Oreo. She is still alive and well, and very much the favorite. Can I tell you how happy that she is not the one that went. She is my favorite muse too. But shhh… don't tell the other mice.

The bad news – my muse died. The good news – I have three more.

What . . . → Read More: My Muse Died…

  • Share/Bookmark

I Write Books… and stuff.

I cannot remember a time I didn’t want to be a writer. I also cannot remember a time when I didn’t write. Thankfully my mother kept a collection of letters, stories, poems and other such things from my very early childhood through my teen years.
I remember thinking many times throughout the years, that writing was the . . . → Read More: I Write Books… and stuff.

  • Share/Bookmark

How To Get Ahead When You Are Behind On Your Word Count

This has always been one of my top blog articles, so I thought I’d do a repost and slight update of the article. Here it is again, with a few minor changes.

Everyone gets stuck, gets busy or for other reasons, falls behind on their word count from time to time. Whether it is a self-made goal, . . . → Read More: How To Get Ahead When You Are Behind On Your Word Count

  • Share/Bookmark

There Are Only So Many Plots

A friend of mine recommended a book to read, and said that it really helped her focus on her writing and get her ideas and characters in line. She lent me her copy of the book, and I finally picked it up last night to start reading it. The title of the book is really not . . . → Read More: There Are Only So Many Plots

  • Share/Bookmark

What Genre Do You Most Write?

I’ve had a lot of questions that I have been wondering lately, and have been posting them on twitter to get answers from as many writers as possible. Today I asked “What genre do you primarily write in?”. The answers were varied, some had more than one. Here is a compilation of the responses.

If you’d like . . . → Read More: What Genre Do You Most Write?

  • Share/Bookmark

Need a Character?

As if I don’t have enough books (or WIP’s) I am working on right now, I recently (about a month ago) started a new one. I thought I could just outline, flesh out the plot a little and move back to something I am almost done with. That wasn’t the case, this story wants to be . . . → Read More: Need a Character?

Related Posts with Thumbnails
  • Share/Bookmark