deidrehuesmannMar 25, 20203 minSelf-Isolation, Marketing During A Deadly Virus Outbreak, & Excerpt of WARNING: RIGID STANDARDSLike many others, I've been practicing self-isolation. Coronavirus has hit the world hard, and my state has been hit hardest - or close...
deidrehuesmannJan 22, 20201 minTake A Mental Health DaySpecifically, this blog is taking a mental health day. I mentioned in this post that I'm trying to be kinder to myself and my own mental...
deidrehuesmannJan 15, 20202 minWriting & Querying: Nudging Your FriendsI have a friend. I can actually call her that these days even though we've never met in person, but we talk almost daily now. We met on a...
deidrehuesmannJan 1, 20201 minHappy New Year! & Post-Hiatus ApologyFirst, Happy New Year! I'm actually looking forward to 2020, though I'm keeping expectations low. 2018 and 2019 were not kind to me at...
deidrehuesmannNov 27, 20191 minHappy Thanksgiving, I Guess?This post may be a little... politically loaded. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the U.S.A. In the past three years, a lot of N.American...
deidrehuesmannNov 6, 20192 minNaNoWriMo & (possible?) ADHDI'm not actively participating in NaNoWriMo this month. I've tried in the past. I struggle to keep on track. Which seems odd; one...
deidrehuesmannOct 23, 20194 minDestigmatizing Therapy*Name changed for privacy. This is not a post about writing or craft, but it is something I have strong feelings about. In the year 2019,...
deidrehuesmannOct 2, 20192 minMake It Queer: Rewriting a Solid PremiseRecently, I changed a WIP. I'm still querying, so I'd prefer to be vague, but it was essentially a fairy tale retelling where the heroine...
deidrehuesmannAug 7, 20191 minI got married!My fiance and I tied the knot this past weekend. Most of our immediate families were there. I managed to get the youngest into a summer...
deidrehuesmannJul 31, 20192 minQuerying is rough. Especially if you have anxiety.I started my querying journey with Blistered (A Modern Greek Myth), which was eventually picked up by a small press. But agents weren't...
deidrehuesmannJul 24, 20193 minHow to Write as a SAHM?Writing requires a lot of dedication. You have to not just know but love the craft and be willing to deal with all the frustrations that...
deidrehuesmannJul 10, 20194 min"Will there be a sequel to Yearning Young?"Jeff, Braeden, and Maya weren't always ordinary teenagers. In fact, the first iteration of "Burning Britely" was utterly different.
deidrehuesmannJul 3, 20192 minBaking : Writing :: Potayto : PotahtoI've been writing since 2001. Well, probably earlier, but 2001 is when I remember having an online account specifically dedicated to the...
deidrehuesmannJun 27, 20192 minBig ChangesThe past year has been quite a doozy. In August 2018, my mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer and passed a month later. In February...