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Thank you for letting us move @topgolflasvegas! 4

Thank you for letting us move @topgolflasvegas! 4 floors up was a little too much for me.

Hubby is so f@cking good at this, btw. #authorsofinstagram #writerslife #socallife #marriedwriter #thisismenopause #thisis50 #blackgirlmagic🔮🌈🦄 #beauthentic #beyou #embracethewoo #ifttt

The things you do for love. 🤦🏿‍♀️ #aut

The things you do for love. 🤦🏿‍♀️ #authorsofinstagram #writerslife #marriedwriter #socallife #blackgirlmagic🔮🌈🦄 #beauthentic #beyou #embracethewoo @mrhroark

Wine for people who don't like wine. 🤣🤦🏿‍♀️🙃 #authorsofinstagram #writerslife #socallife #marriedwriter #thisismenopause #thisis50 #blackgirlmagic🔮🌈🦄 #beauthentic #beyou #embracethewoo

Hey, you. It's been a minute. #authorsofinstagram

Hey, you. It's been a minute. #authorsofinstagram #writerslife #socallife #blackgirlmagic🔮🌈🦄 #beauthentic #beyou #embracethewoo

Christmas decorations still up. #winning My kind o

Christmas decorations still up. #winning My kind of place. #authorsofinstagram #writerslife #socallife #marriedwriter #thisismenopause #thisis50 #blackgirlmagic🔮🌈🦄 #beauthentic #beyou #embracethewoo

Evening #nofilter #authorsofinstagram #writerslife

Evening #nofilter #authorsofinstagram #writerslife #socallife #marriedwriter #thisismenopause #thisis50 #blackgirlmagic🔮🌈🦄 #beauthentic #beyou #embracethewoo

Oh, look what arrived @michellemarsbooks. #yourfau

Oh, look what arrived @michellemarsbooks. #yourfault #authorsofinstagram #writerslife #socallife #marriedwriter #blackgirlmagic🦄💫🔮 #beauthentic #beyou #embracethewoo #ifttt

No filter. #authorsofinstagram #writerslife #socal

No filter. #authorsofinstagram #writerslife #socallife #marriedwriter #thisismenopause #thisis50 #blackgirlmagic🔮🌈🦄 #beauthentic #beyou #embracethewoo

Reposted from @pengems Two more wakeups and until

Reposted from @pengems Two more wakeups and until your ladybug dreams come true!

#ladybugsofinstagram #ladybeetle #🐞 #ladycow #yesisaidladycow #itsabugslife #ladybird #cutestationery #nouglypens #pengemsladylike

Got my #johnsonandjohnson #fauciouchie. #baller #a

Got my #johnsonandjohnson #fauciouchie. #baller #authorsofinstagram #writerslife #socallife #blackgirlmagic🔮🌈🦄 #beauthentic #beyou #embracethewoo

Day 8 of #CampNaNoWriMo ⠀ I can answer this with

Day 8 of #CampNaNoWriMo
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I can answer this with a name: Henry Cavill. I know, you're shocked, right?? Actually, in TENSE, Porter is loosely based on Louis from August Rush. Diana is different. She is many women. She is also an opportunity for me to peek into the "road not taken."

Day 7 of #CampNaNoWriMo ⠀ Repeat after me... ⠀

Day 7 of #CampNaNoWriMo
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Repeat after me...
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I am a writer.
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Good job.
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I know some of you didn't do it, and that's OK. Baby steps. You'll get there.

Day 6 of #CampNaNoWriMo ⠀ I remember being a new

Day 6 of #CampNaNoWriMo
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I remember being a new mother and home alone with a toddler and a preschooler. I think it was the year after 9-11. The world was different. I needed an escape and found it in a craptacular submission that never made it to the editors of Ellora's Cave.

It's Day 5 of #CampNaNoWriMo, how goes your writin

It's Day 5 of #CampNaNoWriMo, how goes your writing/ planning/ editing/ plotting/ whatever your goal is for Camp? Let me know.

Now, let's talk "inspiration." TENSE started coming to me over 18-ish years ago when I developed a wee bit of a crush on the Blue Wiggle aka Anthony. Don't judge. Look at pics of him from 18 years ago!!

First seed planted.

Flash forward about 14-ish years ago, and #PromDressGirl is a full on Directioner, and I'm googling "what tf to do during a boy band concert to avoid ruining it for your daughter and minimizing your own trauma." Well, that was a bust. LOL We ended up sending her older brother with her, btw. #winning

While researching, I ran across a picture of this dad OUT COLD at, you guessed it, a boy band concert.

Second seed planted.

I am hugely into social justice (see comment re being Catholic from yesterday), so my books/ my life/ my work has to have meaning. It's no wonder I scored high in "Significance" on the Strengths-Finder. Why does this matter?

I don't watch much TV but I am a serious fan of watching videos YouTube especially natural disasters. One day, while tumbling down the Hurricane Katrina rabbit hole, I came across a video of a man detailing his experience of surviving the story. I tumbled even further and learned about Mercy Hospital. I kept falling and falling and falling and the "bigger picture" began to develop.

Third but not final seed planted.

I visited NOLA a few years later and paid homage to the places, people, and memories I hope to honor in my little romance.

What about you? What was your inpsiration?

Sooooo....let's all pretend I didn't miss a day! A

Sooooo....let's all pretend I didn't miss a day! As a Roman Catholic, the Easter Season ends at Pentecost so I'm good. 😜
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That said...while writing TENSE, I inadvertently included Easter Eggs for the next few books in the series as well as the long-awaited Lavender Fields series. What about you? Any Easter Eggs make it into your manuscript?

#CampNaNoWriMo Day 3 ⠀ My advice? Take it all in

#CampNaNoWriMo Day 3
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My advice? Take it all in and go with what works. Practice good self-care. Give yourself permission to write a steaming pile of crap...unless you hate revising then plan your a$$ off to lessen that particular pain. What is your advice?

Let's do this... #authorsofinstagram #writerslife

Let's do this... #authorsofinstagram #writerslife #socallife #marriedwriter #thisismenopause #thisis50 #blackgirlmagic🔮🌈🦄 #beauthentic #beyou #embracethewoo

#CampNaNoWriMo Day 2 ⠀ Hi, Alexis here! Porter a

#CampNaNoWriMo Day 2
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Hi, Alexis here! Porter and Diana are the main characters in TENSE. Both are natives of NOLA whose life trajectories - like so many others - were permanently altered after Hurricane Katrina. The rock star and the teacher. The hometown hero and the expat. She's older. He's wiser. #CampNaNoWriMo

This remains my favorite April Fool's Day prank of

This remains my favorite April Fool's Day prank of all time! 😍 😆 😂 #authorsofinstagram #writerslife #socallife #marriedwriter #thisismenopause #thisis50 #thisauthorsjourney #blackgirlmagic🔮 🦄 🌈 #beauthentic #beyou #embracethewoo

#CampNaNoWriMo Let's do this! What are your plans

#CampNaNoWriMo Let's do this! What are your plans for Camp? I am finishing up my re-write of TENSE then getting it ready for my Milly aka my Developmental Editor.

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