Sunday Q&A: Inspiration
Who are authors who have inspired me? The list could go on and on and on, but there are two huge inspirations. Don’t get me wrong—there are dozens of authors, living and long gone, whose stories I love and whose … Continued
Who are authors who have inspired me? The list could go on and on and on, but there are two huge inspirations. Don’t get me wrong—there are dozens of authors, living and long gone, whose stories I love and whose … Continued
Carrie asked me a couple of writing questions on last Saturday’s post, so I’m going to tackle the first one today. She asked, “How do you write effective dialogue? What I write sounds better in my head than it does … Continued
In 2012, thanks to romance author Stacy Gail, I participated in my first WriMo (basically, it’s where an author writes a 50,000 word novel in 30 days). It was called BuNoWriMo (run by The Burrow), and I also made another … Continued
First off, yes. I won NaNoWriMo again this year. It’s a great way to get me focused and writing hard. More about that shortly…but THIS first: I’ve already announced this on Facebook, but my blog is my headquarters…so here’s the … Continued
Heh. Got your attention? Yes, it’s true. This box set of ten New Adult/Coming of Age books is so damn big, Amazon wouldn’t let us slap the 99 cent price tag on it. We were worried, because we know box … Continued
I consider Renee Dyer to be a great author friend and I was happy to be part of the release blitz for her newest book, He Loves Me Healthy, He Loves Me Not. It is not autobiographical, but it does … Continued
“There are probably as many ways to abuse the language as there are words in it. Learn your craft. Please.” Suz deMello, in her recently released book About Writing: Your Essential Writing Manual, including Plotting and Planning and Write This, … Continued
Summer is right around the corner, although I’m sure there are parts of the world where it already feels like summer has arrived. It’s usually that way here in my neck of the woods, but this year, it has been … Continued
Let me tell you how I met Claire C. Riley. It was March of this year, and I had just sent out Savage ARCs. It had taken me so long to write, I was sending out beta copies at the same … Continued
Here’s another “Note Post” I’m saving from Facebook page obscurity! ~ ~ ~ Early September 2013, one of my blog friends asked me to do this 20 Questions interview, something they’d been doing on their blog for a while, but … Continued