Simply Cheris. . .

Deadlines are a part of the writing life. They are unavoidable.  But when you combine writer's block with a deadline, you really feel as if your life sucks. You do everything to make your mind get back into your story, the world you created. You go to Starbucks. You put on a funky outfit. You wash dishes, you take a nap.  NOTHING.  I want to finish this book before I slip my satin cap over my Afro tonight.  Less than 2,000 words to go.  This is the problem with being a pantser !   Simply put, a plotter is someone who plans out their novel before they write it. A pantser is someone who, “flies by the seat of their pants,” meaning they don’t plan out anything, or plan very little. Some people, like me, call themselves “plantsers,” which means they’re in a little of both. In reality, most people are plantsers, but some tend to lean heavily to one side.

What does it take to get the news out? Over the last twelve years, Kendall Anderson has been working in the hardest hit medium -- print journalism. She's covered courts, sports and entertainment. But at the last magazine where she worked, she had a front row seat to insanity. First, the company went bankrupt. Then it was sold to twice. Next, a cast of characters come in and out of the news room making Kendall's life a living hell. Her writing skills are questioned, she finds herself the one black spot in a lily white company and then she's tossed out on her ass. What does Kendall do? Find out in Deadline. . .Everything that's fit to print By Cheris Hodges