Laura Frances

On April 3rd, SONGS IN THE NIGHT will be one year old!! I'd love to announce the release of the second book, but it's best to just be...

I love New Years. No matter how the previous one went for you, be it a struggle, victorious, or mundane, there's something empowering...

Let me start by saying that this review is long overdue. I'm typically a fast reader, but for a myriad of reasons, it has taken me an...

Speaking on my career thus far as a writer, I frequently refer to SLAVE as my debut novel. But what most people don't know is that I'd...

Some thoughts for aspiring authors: I honestly believe that stressing over the process, the HOW TO of writing a novel, is why so many...

Sometimes we're overwhelmed because we're disorganized and lazy.

There's nothing quite like a blank page and that blinking line to make a writer brain collapse in on itself. That's where I've been for a...

A week ago, I was standing on the bow of a ferry as we cut across the glistening northern Atlantic waters on our way back to the mainland...

YAY!! Songs in the Night is finally live on Amazon Kindle. After two years of writing, it's ABOUT TIME. I'm so grateful seeing reviews...

Songs in the Night Book One of the Song Giver Series Release date: April 3, 2021 PREORDER now! ©2021 Laura Frances ETAN The stars refused...

We've made it home! After four years living in Japan, teaching English, exploring, making friends...we're home. It feels really good. We...

We’re moving across the ocean, back to our mother land...

We lose ourselves a bit in motherhood. And I think for most of us, we’re glad to do so. Our children are gifts, and raising them is the...

If you don't know where your target is, if you can't see it, you'll miss the mark.

I love opening lines/paragraphs/chapters. I'm a bit obsessed. And I'm one of those readers who writers are warned about; I flip to the open

I have this impulse that won't let me move on from a chapter until I've cleaned it up, revised it, and made it shiny and pretty.

Whatever it is that you want to learn about, immersing yourself in that thing is key.

The strongest emotional writing will resonate as familiar and real.

It's okay for our children to see us as more than just Mom: Giver of Food and Cleaner of Toilets.

Indie publishing is more than your own isolated experience. It's a vast community...