At the moment Haven Rich isn’t feeling well and won’t be blogging for a bit. Keep her in your thoughts if you have a moment. And we hope we see her back soon.
AJ and the Tales chicks
Entries from August 2008
August 30, 2008
No Saturdays For the Moment.
August 29, 2008
Smart As An Oyster
I was watching this Chuck Norris movie called The Octagon a couple of weeks ago. There’s a secondary character in the movie that I have issues with. He’s Chuck’s friend and a fellow martial artist. Of course, he’s not at Chuck’s kick butt level, but then no one is.
Anyway, my main problem with this character [...]
August 28, 2008
Thursday 13: Every Flavor in the Rainbow: MANCANDY!
Ever just need inspiration? Well, here ya go! Feast your eyes on some drool worthy images!! 13 of them.
And a twofer bonus!!Meet Coe and Alex!!
August 27, 2008
Let’s Chat About Motivation…
Motivation. Why does a character, or a real-live person, do what they do? How are their actions consistent with their core beliefs even when those acts might seem to be at odds with their public persona?
Conflict may be the beating heart of your story, but motivation is the life-blood that allows readers to invest themselves [...]
August 26, 2008
The New Way to Wallbang
Happy last week of August, everyone! I’m going for my end of summer pedicure this weekend and writing like a maniac now that the lure of sunshine and outdoor things is fading. Since my head’s stuck in a book, I thought I’d take an easy out and mine YouTube for a blog topic. Can I [...]
August 25, 2008
What are these people trying to do to me?
So, yesterday it took everything I had in me to write a new query letter intended for my dream agent. It was hard. It was really hard. I had to screw my courage to the sticking point. And after I did I felt a little sick but mostly I was happy. Because I want to [...]
August 22, 2008
Box Writing
I started a new story about the time I went on a hiatus from here. I was really excited about it. Looking forward to working on something different than the never ending, super complicated, throw everything, but the kitchen sink at the heroine WIP I’d been a slave to for so long. So why do [...]
August 21, 2008
13 Things I Need To DO RIGHT NOW!
13 Things I Have to Do RIGHT THIS MINUTE!!
13-I have 5 chapters plus a prologue from a research buddy of mine that I said I would look over. New writer, no rules, common beginner mistakes and this is only the prologue, as I have not had time to look at the rest. But day-um if [...]
August 20, 2008
Romance in the REAL World
My youngest daughter celebrated her 1st anniversary this week. Now there’s a romantic story if I’ve ever heard one. *happy sigh*
Her tale has all the elements of a fabulous contemporary romance:
a strong, beautiful heroine battling the scars of an abusive past relationship (internal conflict and motivation not to trust her instincts where men are concerned)
a [...]
August 19, 2008
Writers checking out
It occurs to me that I never said farewell to Bridget as a blogger at Tales, and I’ve forgotten to let ya’ll know that Kimberly is on hiatus as well. Oversight on my part, and I apologize to both ladies as well as readers. They told me; I just didn’t tell you.
You see, I checked [...]
