Today is my blog’s first anniversary! On May 31st of last year, I published my first post about reading the Selection series and how meeting Kiera Cass helped me to finally write and publish my first novel. I wasn’t sure if I was going to like blogging. Writers learn to write in other’s voices. We … Continue reading My Blog Turns 1!
My Writing
5 Writing Tools I Can’t Live Without
Writing is a craft, and you can’t be any good at a craft without the right tools. These are the five tools I can’t live without. Scrivener I don’t know why I waited so long to get Scrivener. I had heard so many good things about it, and three months ago I finally bought this … Continue reading 5 Writing Tools I Can’t Live Without
Hope Bracelets
I’ve been working on a way to combine two of my passions—writing and jewelry-making—and I am so excited to announce that I will now be selling Hope Bracelets! I’ve been making jewelry since I was twelve years old. I love all of the colorful beads and the peaceful calm I get when I’m making patters … Continue reading Hope Bracelets
My One Year Anniversary with GenZ Publishing
One year ago today I got the email. I was on my break from my customer service job at the mall, sitting in the food court. I checked my email on my phone while I was eating my lunch, and I instantly started shaking and crying. A few weeks before, I had found a publisher … Continue reading My One Year Anniversary with GenZ Publishing
Behind the Scenes of Somewhere Only We Know: Capitalization
When I started writing Somewhere Only We Know, without making the conscious decision to do it, I made all of the first-person narrator’s pronouns lowercase (i, me, my). Frankie, the narrator, is a very young girl and has already been abused for several months when the book begins. Because of her youth and the fact … Continue reading Behind the Scenes of Somewhere Only We Know: Capitalization
Upcoming Event: Dayton Book Expo
I’m so excited to announce that I will be appearing at the Dayton Book Expo on April 29th! This is going to be an amazing event for book lovers, featuring over 85 authors. It will take place at the David H. Pointz Conference Center at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, from 11am-4pm on April … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Dayton Book Expo
Finding Motivation
Being self-employed is hard. Getting to work from home and write is what I’ve always wanted to do, so of course I’m incredibly grateful. But a lot of days it’s difficult to get to work. It’s hard to sit down at the computer every day and write when I don’t often get to see visible … Continue reading Finding Motivation
Behind the Scenes of Somewhere Only We Know: The Title
There were two sources of inspiration that floated around in my head for a long time before I got around to writing Somewhere Only We Know. The first was the nightmare I wrote about here that gave me the initial conflict of the novel. The second was the song “Somewhere Only We Know” by Keane. I … Continue reading Behind the Scenes of Somewhere Only We Know: The Title
Behind the Scenes of Somewhere Only We Know: The Cover
I’m pretty picky about book covers. And even though the phrase is “don’t judge a book by its cover,” I know I’m not the only person who does judge books based on their covers. The cover of a book is your first impression of it. The cover gives you an idea of what’s inside. It … Continue reading Behind the Scenes of Somewhere Only We Know: The Cover
The Little Things that Inspire Me
I love my desk. My husband and I never used our kitchen table as an actual table, so, since we live in a small apartment and I didn’t yet have my own space for my writing, I claimed the table as my own. And now that I’ve gotten used to my big table, I don’t … Continue reading The Little Things that Inspire Me
Bri Marino Creates 