Forgive me for not blogging lately … It’s not that I haven’t been working, let me assure you. Most of my long weekend was spent on my new WIP, which is now in Chapter 3.
Bethany and Cody are chattering away in my head and I’m getting more and more antsy to start telling their story. Today, I spent an hour or so sketching out a basic plot. Since I’m
A new heroine and hero have been talking to me lately, and I think their story has to be told. They’re Bethany and Cody, the best friends of my hero/heroine in “Blind Date Bride” …
After reading agent Nathan Bransford’s blog post on the importance of having one-sentence, one-paragraph and two-paragraph pitches ready for your novel (you never know when you’ll run into your Dream Agent in an elevator, after
Saturday’s NARWA meeting went great, and — as usual — I came away inspired. Our guest speaker, Harlequin American author Cathy McDavid, presented talks on characterization and that bane of many writers’ existence (or at
After reading my last blog entry, one of my friends from college messaged me with this bit of inspiration about giving characters reasons to love one another: Love isn’t only about the hot sex –
Over at the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood, my writing blog home away from home, I read a fantastic post the other day. It was all about what editors want from a category romance. After reading it,
I’ve been trying to catch up on my blog reading, and found Nathan Bransford’s great post on “voice.” The post and the comments afterward are full of great stuff … but all of it combines
I was out on a walk Saturday morning, listening to my iPod, when a song by my favorite band came on and it hit me: This could be Mike James’ theme song. Mike, you might