Mar 8, 2021 | Writing Life
The sweetest thing just happened! Social media influencer, bookstagrammer, and booktuber extraordinaire Vanessa Vicente of @veereads_ on Instagram just shared a series of Instagram stories in which she highlighted female characters from novels she has read that spoke...
Nov 3, 2020 | Writing Life
Are you on Instagram? I’d love to connect! @julievalerieauthor I just released a suite of six blank story templates you can use and enjoy. They’re stored in the highlight labeled “Templates” on my Instagram page. Enjoy!
Jul 28, 2019 | Writing Life
“A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across...
May 6, 2019 | Writing Life
Barboursville Vineyard, positioned along the Monticello Wine Trail in Virginia’s Monticello AVA, boasts a stunning vineyard with rolling hills and quaint cottages, historic ruins of a mansion Thomas Jefferson designed for then Virginia Governor James Barbour...
Feb 19, 2018 | Writing Life
I love James River Writers. I serve on the board of directors of this 450-member community-based non-profit in my hometown of Richmond, Virginia. James River Writers is supported by volunteers, government grants, foundations, corporate partners, and the generosity of...
Feb 19, 2018 | Writing Life
One of the many benefits of being a writer is the flexibility to work whenever and wherever I want, but this benefit can also be a pitfall. Like many writers, I write from home, so my workday often passes without human interaction. My dogs are always at my feet, but...
