Write That Book!

If you are being a good person of the world and staying home to social distance, maybe now is a good time to tackle that book you've always wanted to write.
As an author, people tell me all the time that they have a book idea and ask how to get started. Are you one of those people? Are you staying home, hunkered inside in a social quarantine? (If you have to go out, be careful and stay six feet away from others.)


Maybe it's time to be creative, make this time count for something creative. If we're in our homes for a few months, organizing cupboards is going to get done and then what? Why not settle in to the laptop and start working on the novel, the biography, the research needed for your non-fiction?

The way I started writing my first novel in 2007 was to Google Search "How to write a novel" and it came up with the Peace Corps 100 steps which I followed. I can't find the site anymore but there are lots of great books on how to write your first book.
Get one on Amazon, start plotting and developing character descriptions and get some words on paper, future novelists. This is how it starts and it just might amuse you and ignite your creative side during some months of staying out of the public.
Have fun!


KIM HORNSBY is a USA Today Bestselling Author and Screenwriter who lives in the Pacific Northwest. For more information, go to her web site www.bit.ly/KimHornsby or Amazon Books site www.bit.ly/kimamzn

Maui Bound!

I'm speaking at Barnes & Noble Lahaina, Maui next week. Yes, you heard that correctly.
I got a gig on Maui!

I feel squee-ful about this because 1. I love Maui 2. I was going anyhow 3. I love to hear myself talk 4. I can write off the trip 5. I might sell some books 6. I get to talk about writing THE DREAM JUMPER'S PROMISE 7. It's Barnes & Noble baby! 8. I'll brag shamelessly and photoshop in a huge crowd attending 9. I love Maui

There are more reasons to be excited but let me describe my feelings about flying on Thursday to Maui through this photo essay...

Me in the orange on a dive under Maala Wharf

We always go pool-hopping in Kaanapali

The road to the Iao Valley

Near the house, where I swim daily and snorkel

Not me

I will be speaking at Barnes and Noble at 2 pm in the shopping center across from Lahaina's Safeway. Part of my talk will touch on how to get started writing a novel. Who doesn't have a novel in their head just waiting for instructions on how to get out?

Come visit, introduce yourself and get free Hawaiian recipe cards!

No need to buy the book.

Kim Hornsby
The Dream Jumper's Promise
Recipient of Chanticleer Review's Best Paranormal Mystery/Thriller


Kim Hornsby is the Author of Award-Winning The Dream Jumper's Promise available on Amazon Books. She is a Bestselling Supernatural Suspense Author who lives in the Seattle area where she writes during the rainy months.

I'm an Indie Author

I sit at my desk at least 6 hours a day, 7 days a week
My neighbors know how I write a sex scene
I live inside my head for at least half of the day
I smell my own print books
I wake up at 5 a.m. with an idea and have to get to my laptop
My kids eat frozen pizza and microwaved lasagna when I write
I disguise begging to ask friends to review my book
Some months I pay out more in promo than I make
I fret about self promotion and appearing brash
I take rejection on the chin and keep going
Favorite words are "BookBub said yes" & "I just typed The End"
I have a to-do list with the words Mail Chimp and Pic Monkey
I tweet, post, promote, review, blog, design, and dialogue in my head
My friends mostly read the NY Times Bestseller List
My enemy is formatting
My husband doesn't read books
My kids have no idea
Strangers have written nasty reviews about my heartfelt work
I don't watch TV unless it helps my writing
I stop to think if it's "its" or "it's"
I'm getting fatter every year and don't really care
I have to do this or go slightly crazy
Commas drive me crazy, frustrated, and mad
I was just horrified to see "crazy" on consecutive lines
When I wake, I remember my latest book and smile
Some of my favorite peeps, I've never met in person
I go to workshops titled "How to Brand Yourself"
I give workshops called "How to Survive Your Virgin Year in Publishing"
I put together box sets of books and give proceeds to charity
At a writer conference, I have a room of 300 friends
A 5 star review is like a present at the door
Pictures of cozy reading corners make me happy
Getting a box of my books in the mail is heaven
I make enough money to help with groceries
My critique group understands me
I organize writer retreats in gorgeous houses in the woods
A few neighbors think I'm a bit of a celebrity
Writing this made me feel good
I have somewhere to go every day, even if it's just in my head

I'm an Indie Author

Kim Hornsby is the Bestselling Author of THE DREAM JUMPER'S PROMISE.
Find more about Kim at www.kimhornsbyauthor.net