Bee Musings

For two years I've been pushing, pushing, pushing. Who knew writing a novel would take so long? The first seven months or so were the fun part. Being creative and letting the words flow to create a world and people and, with any luck, a compelling story. I wrote way...

I have a controversial opinion. And a secret. While drafting my first novel The Goddess & The Bee I stumbled across a tip to use Comic Sans. Yes, the juvenile-lemonade-stand font that elicits strong heebie-jeebies from all kinds of people--including writers and...

Well, today’s the day! My first book goes live on Kindle. This is exciting, without a doubt. But it’s also a bit scary. The imposter syndrome rears its ugly head at this point. “What if they don’t like it?” “What if people leave terrible reviews?” Blah blah blah… she...

As this is my first blog post for our Hive I will start by introducing myself. I am a retired surgical nurse living in Madison Wisconsin with my husband of 5 + 10 years. We’ve been legally married for 5 years, had a great Steampunk wedding with 90% of our guests...

Every day I wake up and can't stop the ideas from flowing. I can't help it. I'm excited. We are days away from launching this venture to the public. Days way from sharing the great news, and just a couple of weeks away from beginning the launch of our first book by...

Wow! It is all coming together. What is coming together? Fair question. Let me answer this way. Have you ever had a dream and found so many obstacles along the way that you questioned whether it was worth the effort? We are a group of authors who met in a writing...