Isn't she C.U.T.E? The doubting Thomas often gets a bad rap. And curious cats can end up in a BAD way. (Dead. But you didn’t hear that from me. Boo is sitting on my lap. LoL.) But whether you’re dying to know or refusing to belief without seeing, there’s always more than one way to …
Continue reading Digging into History: Doubting Thomas look to Egypt
NaNoWriMo is over and done. 2018 is nearing its last hoorah. The time for setting 2019 goals is almost here. We writer's NEED them. But, if you're panicking about last year's lovelies, those unfinished darlings more commonly called WIPs, don't. The dreaded DID NOT FINISH doesn't need to get you down. Check in with the …
NaNoWriMo aftermath. How do you feel? GREAT, I hope. It's over. And however much you accomplished, words are words, baby. Take it from my good pal, René Penn, author of Bachelorette Blogger. She rocks. Write on!
So, hey, I just finished my NaNoWriMo challenge. Yeah! It's done. The raw words are there. But the process of writing a book--an engaging, entertaining, cohesive body of work--has only begun. Snowbound Christmas Stalking is far from done, but that's not my problem now. Whoops--I did it again. Breathing is. Distancing myself from the word …
Continue reading NaNoWriMo: The baby has come to term, but delivery is a process!
NaNoWriMo. Sounds great for some. But the courtship is over. The thrill—disgusting word—is gone. No write-in, no word-sprint can revive the magic. The patient is bleeding out and pulling the plug is the only mercy. The daily pain is too fresh, too real, too stark a reminder of all that we writer’s did…and failed to …
Are you in need of writerly wisdom? Something to push you past cringing at your less-than-perfect WIP? Check out Ashley Storm's Lessons from Chickens, a savvy southern take on the writerly life and how wisdom can be drawn from one's backyard. Write on!
Romance novels. . . they're all the same. It's a formula. The charges are set most often at the feet of HEA writers, but no doubt mystery writers--inclined to solve the crimes they create if they hope to publish--are subject to the same shade. We follow formulas. Well, duh. There's a beginning, middle, and end …
It’s raining in Northern Virginia—again. This would be welcome news if the summer had been sizzling as summers are supposed to be. I should be cranking about my brown lawn about now. We don’t have a drip system outside of God’s garden hose and yours truly so a brownish lawn is typically where it's at …
Continue reading Rain, rain go away! What moves you to write?
The Little Engine that Can: NaNoWriMo is worth the chug up the hill. We may be one day in--it's November 2nd--but it's not too late. The train cars and belching cloud from the smokestack are still within sight. The clacking of wheels on rails is still there, shaking us out of that meh-mode. Can we …
My latest writing buddy tells it like it is. Focus. You’ve got to focus on what you want. The novel that needs writing. The heroine who needs fleshing out. The hero who must be so broken yet beautiful that, of course, you, the writer will tumble headlong in love. (Fan me, please. Yes, I'm that …
