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On February 1, 2022, my first book, Alaska Shelter, was published by Wings E-Press. This page shares the posts about the writing process, the writing life, selling and publishing the novel. Alaska Shelter is Book 1 in the Cooper Brothers of Alaska series. I am currently at work on the second one, as yet untitled.

NaNoWriMo 2021: Failures and Successes

Writing Life By Debbie LaFleiche April 3, 2022 Tags: NaNoWriMo, Write 2 Comments

November is National Novel Writing Month also known as NaNoWriMo. Every year tens of thousands of people from around the world strive to write 50,000 words in 30 days. It is no small feat, to be sure. It takes hours of dedication each day to write an average of 1,667 words to meet the goal. […]

Alaska Shelter: E-Book or Paperback Book?

Writing Life By Debbie LaFleiche January 30, 2022 Tags: Alaska, Alaska Shelter, Book, Bucket List, NaNoWriMo, Writer, Writing Life 7 Comments

Tomorrow my first ever published book, Alaska Shelter, is released. An event 35 years in the making. It’s been an exciting journey since I got the email last May from Wings ePress Executive Editor saying they wanted to publish my book. If readers are interested (since I know most of you follow this blog for […]

Book Cover Reveal…Drum Roll Please

Writing Life By Debbie LaFleiche January 2, 2022 Tags: Alaska, Alaska Shelter, Book, Bucket List, NaNoWriMo, Writer, Writing Life 20 Comments

Less than one month from now, it will be official: I will be a published book author! As promised in the post where I announced I sold my first book, I will be writing posts about the experience of going from a wanna be published author to a published author, including the step-by-step process from […]

I Sold My First Book!

Writing Life By Debbie LaFleiche July 18, 2021 Tags: Bucket List, NaNoWriMo, Write, Writing Life 36 Comments

This is NOT a click-bait title. It’s real. It’s true. I really sold my first book! I signed with Wings ePress and the release of my romantic suspense novel is scheduled for March 2022. Mark your calendars. Over the next eight months I plan to share progress reports as I march through the steps toward […]

NaNoWriMo: Writing a Novel in 30 Days

Writing Life By Debbie LaFleiche December 14, 2020 Tags: NaNoWriMo, Write 2 Comments

Being a glutton for punishment, I decided to let National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo as it’s known, kick me in the behind for a second year in a row. And I have to say, it did a darn good job of doing so. But at the end of 30 days, guess what I had? […]

NaNoWriMo and Stargazing: Two Bucket List Items

Writing Life By Debbie LaFleiche December 16, 2019 Tags: NaNoWriMo, Write 18 Comments

November is NaNoWriMo which stands for National Novel Writing Month. The goal: write 50,000 words in 30 days. That’s 1,667 words per day. And it’s much harder than it sounds. Both last year and this year, less than 12% of those who participated successfully completed the challenge. Even so, millions of words are written by […]