Hello again! It's been a while since I last checked in and I wanted to give a litte update. I am hard at work on my assassin novel...

Here's to making 2023 a positive year! This is a daily affirmation that I will be claiming and manifesting this year, and I invite you to...

A challenge I'm going to incorporate along with my 2023 Reading Challenge is the A to Z challenge. This is reading a book that starts with each letter of the alphabet. I thought it would be fun to try to do both for the year. Let's have some fun reading books! Please tag me @jl_books and use hashtag #2023ReadingChallengeJL if you post so I can follow along. Download the template for the A to Z Reading Challenge below:

If you are unfamiliar, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month and the goal is to write 50,000 words during the month of...

In July, I decided I would try my hand at entering writing contests. There was a local writer's conference approaching who was hosting a...

If you are an author, writer, reader, or bibliophile, you need to be a member of bookstagram. What is bookstagram? It's the part of...

Needing some extra help planning your week? I'm here to help! As writers, it is so important to block off writing time; otherwise, we may never get to it in the hectic day to day activities. I know I struggle with this myself. That is why I created this single sheet weekly calendar. I hope this helps you to plan and commit to daily writing time! Note: If you don't like the pink, just print in grayscale. ;) Download here .

Happy New Year! With the beginning of each new year comes the desire, need, want, or determination to accomplish things, try new things,...

I am very excited to announce that I am a new member of the National League of American Pen Women, Inc. as part of the Arkansas Pioneer...

I recently had the opportunity to write a couple of guest articles for the website Horse Rookie. They focus on providing educational...

Dear Petey, I can’t believe it’s been 2 weeks.  It has been the slowest 2 weeks of my life.  I spend a lot of minutes every day thinking...