One year ago today, my debut novel, My Soul to Keep, went live on Amazon and other online book retailers. It’s been a good year and I wanted to celebrate. I’m glad you came! There’s no better way to celebrate than with friends. Help me celebrate my one year anniversary and a giveaway! One Year… Continue reading My One Year Anniversary and a Giveaway
Category: My Writing Journey
Blog posts by me, author Lynette M. Burrows, about lessons learned, joys of discovery and inspiration, and the emotional roller coaster that is my writing journey
A Difficult Week That Isn’t So Bad
My writing life has been busy. Marketing, last minute publishing snafus, outlining, planning, my list of things to do is unending. My personal life has been busy, too. This has been a difficult week that isn’t so bad. The Good Much of the week was good. I finished creating bookmarks, images for ads, prizes for an… Continue reading A Difficult Week That Isn’t So Bad
I Can’t and It’s Okay
It’s Wednesday and time for a post. But I can’t. Normally I try to blog about some interesting bit of history I’ve learned in researching my books. But for the last week life has challenged me. I’ve bounced between sitting with my husband of twenty-five years at the hospital, praying that this isn’t the end… Continue reading I Can’t and It’s Okay
Dream Big and Make It Happen
My assignment was to write a manifesto. I didn’t understand why. They insisted that it would help me dream big and make it happen.
The Beekeeper’s Fear
Written for middle-grade readers, my first book, The Mystery of Apple Crest, takes place on an Apple Orchard. A young girl and her family have moved into her grandfather’s home and learn to manage an Apple Orchard. In the course of writing this book, I learned an important lesson when a beekeeper’s fear stopped me… Continue reading The Beekeeper’s Fear