Training Your Muse to Come

Have you ever taken a face-to-face writing class and felt like you were the only person in attendance who didn’t have a clue?
I have, *shudder* and it’s not an experience I’m keen to repeat.
I vividly recall the first writing class I took after I realized that the novel I’d written—a true work of unblemished genius—would [...]

Housecleaning & names too

Friday night, my amazing CP and I took turns going through our Ws-IP folder and cleaning house. I threw out a premise, how long ago I’d worked on it, how I felt about it at that point, and she gave the Keep It, Delete It verdict. I returned the favor. Have you done this recently? [...]

Name this baby

I seem to be not that good at naming things.  I have two children and naming them was a hideous experience on the part of both my husband and myself.  One that involved a lot of lists and arguments.  Naming my books seems to be basically the same for me.  It’s a hideous experience that [...]

Anticipation

One of my favorite authors has a book due out in October. Friggin October! Do you know how far away that is? Try five whole months. I ask, how is an avid reader who is loyal to an author to wait like this. It’s cruel and unusual punishment.
Perhaps not as bad as all that but [...]

Stepping Outside The Box

A few months back, I toyed with the idea of using a secondary character to continue the series I’m working on. I was going to take the current heroine’s nemesis from book 1 and transition her into a ex-nemesis, now friend and eventually business partner. I even had couple of story seeds germinating for her [...]

Why I Love to Read Romance

Reading romance has been part of my life for as long as I can remember.  I started reading them so young, but I think I was ready for them.  Other than typical children’s fare, some of the first romances I can remember reading were by Janice Young Brooks and Lucia St. Clair Robson.  They weren’t [...]

Sarcasm? Me?

This has been on my mind lately. Run with me, okay?
I am a sarcastic witch. Seriously, I know this. In no way, shape or form have I deluded myself. This tongue is not only sharp, but witty and somewhat silvered. It’s a gift, really.
I LIKE my sarcasm. Yep. It is like my earlobes, part [...]

I’m a thinker, not a doer

Last week my husband and I renewed the lease on our apartment, then two days later found out about a bigger, inexpensive, closer to work townhouse for rent. Three bedrooms. My sister in law claimed one. I started daydreaming about baby rooms and writer space, a dedicated place to keep reference, notebooks, files. A head [...]

Why Didn’t I Think Of That?

Have you ever read a book, gotten to the end and then thought, “Why didn’t I think of that?”  Either because you loved it so much that you’re sad you missed such a great opportunity, or because they had a great idea and then shoddy execution.
That happens to me all the time.  I read a [...]

Overload

I’ve done it! I have become overloaded with things to do. I never thought I would but I have. And as someone who enjoys the pressure of several projects I sadly don’t know how to say NO. But I have come to my limit. That’s it! No more!
Ok, that’s what I keep telling these new [...]