Dear Inez,
You’re one of the most prolific people I know. Jinx, John, and now this new guy? All in five months? How do you do it? I spend forever finding a new man to adore, and end up test driving about twenty before The One grabs hold. But you - you love ‘em for 100k [...]
Randy Travis? Remember him? My CP said something last night that reminded me of his 80s song “Diggin’ up Bones” and it’s been in my head ever since. I seem to recall there being more to it.
For the past six days (and for the next nine) I’m “fast drafting” a new project (modified; [...]
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? [...]
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 [...]
My days are running together, here! Apologies to any morning visitors who didn’t have new material to read Instead of blogging, I was harassing my mentee (Romance Divas mentor program) and whining to my mentor (same program) about different things. I’m working on craft with my mentee and philosophy with my mentor, so I’m [...]
Or the “it happens” kind?
Yesterday, Smart Bitches, Trashy Books and, shortly after, Dear Author scooped the lawsuit filed against one of my publishers (Ellora’s Cave) by a former employee/current shareholder of the company. Blog speculation is already cropping up, along with anonymous comments everywhere an anonymous poster can find to leave an opinion. I don’t [...]
If it’s sunny and (mostly) warm where you are today, take a break from the writing and get some fresh air.
I haven’t been actively working on a project since, um, about March 23 or 24 or somewhere close. For the first week I moped and whined about not having anything to work on. [...]
Now it’s time for pouting. My book cover isn’t on the publisher’s front page anymore, somebody else has a sale or release and the fawning is redirected from me to…someone not me. This is where the promotion of a book becomes extra important. It was important for me to let people know the book exists, [...]
I’m doing the non-writing side of writing today, at least for the four hours from 4-8 p.m., on the Ellora’s Cave chat yahoogroup. Promotion’s tricky: you need something eye-catching, and a clever title in the subject line just doesn’t do it…because there’s always somebody more clever for you. And four hours of promotion? Yikes! I’m [...]
Happy Easter, everybody! I’m up early with a mug of hot green tea, my complex’s crazy cat lady has resurfaced with yet another pair of plastic Chinese takeout bowls filled with cat food and she’s lurking on my patio, my husband’s still asleep, and nobody is online. I woke up early to go to [...]
