admin | July 8, 2010
My CP, Karen Whiddon, and I were talking (emailing) “Creativity” yesterday. Often, people think romance writers loaf about, spilling words onto lavender paper between bites of bonbon and sips of pink champagne. Champagne tastes too dry for me, and thankfully, I can resist bonbons. I don’t believe in waiting for “the muse.” I don’t have [...]
admin | June 11, 2010
I can never blog at home these days. How can this be 2010, and we have no Internet access most days? I feel like I stepped into a bad Tardis machine. (We all know Doctor Who, right?) Anywhooooo–I’ve been working at home, and I’m on the verge of sending my proposal, when all of a [...]
admin | May 10, 2010
Had a lovely day yesterday with my family and our beautiful friends up the street. Yummy dinner, excellent chat, and lots of laughter–my favorite! I’m reminded I haven’t been home in a while, though. After I wrestle this proposal into submission (funny how that works pun-wise)! In the 8th start-over, I think I’m finally making [...]
admin | April 26, 2010
So, my critique partner read my first chapter and had problems. I’m back at work on it. Starting to hate the start-over! But anything to make this an irresistible book! No time to blog. Must make work perfect. Must make work a wanna-read! Writing is hard, especially when my confidence is somewhere around the level [...]
admin | April 24, 2010
Big storms sweeping–well, actually, they’re twisting across us today. I came out on the porch to write between storm cells because the rain cools the air and I can see my shiny screen since there’s no sun. My favorite writing “music” these days is a little piece from Nature Sounds that I ordered from iTunes. [...]
admin | April 23, 2010
It’s Friday. I love a quiet Friday. I’ve joined a gym. I haven’t belonged to a gym in a long time because I tend not to want to travel somewhere to exercise, and I decided to stop throwing away that gym non-use money. Well–I’d never been on a weight machine or a treadmill or an [...]
admin | April 17, 2010
Already? This morning, I woke to the pound of a headache and the whine of the neighbor’s four-wheeler through the back of everyone’s yards. We have such thoughtful neighbors! So–I’ve dosed myself with caffeine and acet–well–however that’s spelled. My head hurts too much to look it up, I’ve donned headphones (sound of rain on porch [...]
admin | April 16, 2010
I can’t believe another Friday’s come around. Welcome, Friday! How’s the weather out your way? I talk about weather too much, but that’s because I live in a place that’s totally not my match made in heaven, weather-wise. I think high temps in the 60s would be perfect, which means I’m living way too close [...]
admin | March 16, 2010
Terrible Internet issues at home. I’m out and about today, working on handouts for a conference, perusing Twitter, reading ’round the Internet. And then I remembered I could actually post a blog. Still working on stuff for the new line. I’ve submitted characterization, which I’m second-guessing like a madwoman! Now I’m testing different plots on [...]
admin | February 17, 2010
We had weather that took out the satellite. I had revisions–which I’m gleeful to say–make the book better, and now it’s on the editor’s desk in England. I’m so happy about that. Now to run the revision through the next 55 unedited pages or so that I’ve already written, assuming I can keep some of [...]