If I’m reading Debra Dixon’s treatise on Goal, Motivation & Conflict, then it must mean I’m starting a new manuscript.
Tis true, tis true.
I’m still (as always) revising the old one, but I yearn for new words, new characters, a new story. And this time, with this book, I’ve vowed to do something different, something wild [...]
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It’s that time of year…pencils, books, teachers’ dirty looks (which I never got, by the by).
My sweet petite began kindergarten last week. So we’re back to schedules – she’s going to bed earlier, I’m getting up way earlier (who knew there was so much world going on at 6:30 AM?). All of this means, of [...]
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Whilst deep in the midst of writing the book that NEVER FREAKIN’ ENDS there were two spots of inspiration this past week to help me over the humps.
First, Spanish romance novelist Corin Tellado passed away last Saturday at the age of 81. In her lifetime she published over 4,000 books and sold over 400 million [...]
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I have been following the events surrounding Natasha Richardson’s tragic death this week. We are a family of avid skiers. Several years ago I was standing almost completely still on the top of a green run, lost my balance, and broke my knee. I was in a cast from my hip to my ankle for [...]
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I love watching tennis. I am a huge, huge Andy Roddick fan. Yes, I know that for whatever reason he can’t keep it together mentally to beat Federer, but no one plays with more passion than Roddick. And that serve, all that power – when he line drives the ball at 145+ mph…soooo sexy. I [...]
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In mainstream consciousness, romance novels are synonymous with sex. And sex sells – as evidenced by the $1.375 billion in revenue that romance novels made in 2007, the largest share of the book market for that year.
So, if you’re going to write romance you must be prepared to write love scenes, and in the current [...]
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Tuesdays and Thursdays. Really. I mean it this time.
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Welcome to my blog about my journey toward literary publication. Stay tuned…
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