When I think about first drafts, I still think of the opening of the movie, “Romancing the Stone”. Joan Wilder, the heroine, types the final sentence of her romance novel and, sobbing, boxes it up to give to her agent. The impression I got when I first saw the movie was that she had dashed […]
Writing And Sanity
April 10, 2012 by
It may shock you to hear this, but I can be a screwed up mess of a girl. In all fairness, I must say that sometimes my messes do not actually originate with me. Sometimes other people are messing and the mess just oozes out and covers me like slime because I’m not quick enough […]
Nothing To Say
April 3, 2012 by
As soon as I wrote my post last Thursday celebrating the anniversary of my blog and stating, with great conviction, that I would keep on writing, darn it, I found myself with nothing to say. Seriously. I sat down on Sunday to write my normally scheduled blog post, and my mind was a complete blank. […]
Advice To The Author As A Young Woman
March 22, 2012 by
While perusing Facebook the other day, I saw a post from my editor, Rhonda Helms, saying that she has contributed to an anthology of letters by authors written to their teen selves. That started me thinking. What would I tell my younger self if I could? What advice would I give? Of course, I’ve already […]
Headlights and Strobe Lights
March 20, 2012 by
Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. E. L. Doctorow When I’m at the point I’m at now in a first draft, I cling to this quote from E. L. Doctorow as if it […]
A Post About The Book(s)
March 13, 2012 by
This is just a quick post to keep you updated on the ebb and flow of my book life. First of all, I have to mention that my romantic suspense novel, HOLD ME, is STILL available for sale at Carina Press, Amazon, Barnes and Noble or pretty much anywhere you can buy e-books. It’s also available as […]
