I think by now everyone has seen the movie adaptation of the book,”The Help” by Kathryn Stockett. This Summer, though I decided to tackle reading all 400 some odd pages of the book. When I first picked this book up, I thought, “oh, shoot this thing is thick! It’s gonna take me awhile to… Read More My Summer Read: The Help
Young love sucks! Well, sometime. Thinking back on it, I always seemed to have a crush on someone who wouldn’t even give me a second look. Ha, they probably didn’t know that I even existed. It’s a challenge for some of us who aren’t necessarily with the “cool” kids. Back then I really thought I… Read More Hey Young Love
Well…I’m glad you asked. Most of the time when I casually mention that I’ve written a novel, the next question is “Oh, what’s it about?” Now for me, it’s hard to summarize my work for some reason with out telling the whole story and being my own major spoiler alert. I get so excited about… Read More What’s Your Book About?
When I first got the idea that I wanted to write a novel, I felt overwhelmed. I kept pushing the thought away that I could even be a writer, let alone write an entire novel. I thought to myself, who would want to read anything I have to written? But you and I both know… Read More My Novel Writing Process
As many of you know from previous posts, I have written a novel and a novella. Currently, I am in the process of trying to do self-editing on my novel and eventually publish these works. The below is an excerpt taken from a Chapter 5 of this novel. Please read and comment below! Taken… Read More Novel Excerpt #1
On NicoleAliciaWrites.com, I’ll be walking you through the process of where I am on the road to getting my first novel published as an indie author or self-published author. I think it’s important to share your journey because you never know who you may help! My goal is to have this Novel of mine published… Read More My Editing Process for My Upcoming Novel
It’s two years later after finishing the first draft of my first Novel. I am seriously pursuing publishing my first Novel. I have gone through a lot of different changes since I last edited it and thought about publishing it. First, I got laid off from my corporate job, we lost a child and I… Read More Jumping On The Road To Being Published
It’s graduation season again! Kids are graduating High School preparing for College or the Military. Some are graduating College and are about to step into “The Real World” and maybe get a real job for the first time in life. These times make me reminisce back on those days. Dear Nicole, Life isn’t what you… Read More A Letter to Myself at 17: Summer Before College May 2002
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