There comes a moment in every writer’s life when the book, the one you’ve nurtured, adored, bragged about, and occasionally threatened, simply stops texting back. One day you’re in a passionate situationship with your manuscript, trading ideas like flirty voice notes, and the next… silence. No spark. No plot progression. Not even a pity paragraph….
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Killer Heels Saturdays: Ch-10 Creative Contracts & Emotional Boundaries for Writers
How to protect your time, energy, and inspiration while building your book…… There comes a moment in every writer’s life when you realize you’re not just writing a book, you’re also negotiating a fulltime peace treaty with the world. By “the world,” I mean…. your family, your friends, your job, your notifications, your own brain,…
Killer Heels Saturdays — Chapter Four: Plotting in Lipstick — Building a Story That Slays
There comes a moment in every writer’s life when you look at your cute little premise, your shiny protagonist, your Pinterest board full of vibes, and you whisper, “Okay… but what actually happens?” Welcome to Plotting in Lipstick, the chapter where I finally admit that a book is not, in fact, a 300‑page mood board….
Behind The Heels
Killer Heels “Stiletto” If you’ve been around for about 5 minutes you know I love a good reveal. A good rot day in bed. A good lemonade refresher from Starbucks and an oversized cable knit sweater. So welcome to my world of chaos and a sort of behind the curtain of writing my first book. I…
Art Interrupted
I’ve been asked a few times now why I would add writing to my already overflowing plate. There’s a few different answers I’ve given but it kind of just boils down to…. Because I can. Between my full time job in intellectual property, rebuilding my digital footprint and small business 6 years after walking away,…
Savi Monroe XO 