Romance Author Elizabeth Castle

I'm surprised by how many people set reading goals each year. If you're going to set goals, it's a great one. But for years, my life was regimented. What time I eat. What time I sleep. The hours I work. The days I get groceries. I bore myself. I have to keep a sleep schedule. I had insomnia a few years ago. I went to a sleep clinic, and eventually I was able to start sleeping mostly normally. But get me off that cycle, and forget it. I eat too much, so food schedules, when I

I see the question from time to time. It's a great question because the reasons vary. It's not just because the author couldn't get a traditional contract. Some of us, myself included, have never tried. The publishing landscape is changing. Trad-published authors are doing most of the work unless they can afford an assistant. Why do I publish Indie? I don't want to write the book someone else is telling me to write. There. I said it. I'm not talking about constructive critici

Saturdays are generally my laziest days. I work Monday through Friday. I'm the poster child for the 9-5 crowd, though my hours exceed that. It's more like 8-6, and lunch is non-existent. Frankly, lunch and after five are the only times I get to work undisturbed. I don't mind it most days. But on Saturdays, I'm exhausted from the work week. This past year, there wasn't much writing or editing. I started a new job at my company in a new department, and it was intense. A new man

I have a holiday cold (flu?) and it's been kicking my butt. I spent an afternoon with my nephews on a Santa train. We all had a great time, so I don't regret going. But I picked up a bug of some kind. It wasn't COVID, and it wasn't strep, so that was good news. Could have been the flu, but by the time I made my second trip to quick care, it was too late to test for it. Today marks day twelve. Am I better than I was? Yes. Am I better? No. My ears still ache, likely from all th