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Beachy Funness
So funny story: I set the beach scene blogfest thinking I would certainly have a nice beach scene by now. After all, my current project takes place at a lake resort with a beach. A beach scene is inevitable. But…so far there is no beachiness in So97. So I sat down this morning and took [...]
Road Trip Wednesday: Pretty Pictures
For today’s Road Trip Wednesday, YA Highway wants to know: What photos inspire your books? Alright! These are in no particular order, and I am not sharing which book each on is an inspiration from. Pretty much, you just get to look at fun, pretty pictures. Some of these you have seen before….
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Time for a slow down
I wrote my first completed novel in a month. The next one took around 8 weeks. I am well acquainted with fast writing–it is not uncommon for me to sit down and pound out 2,000-5,000 words in one session. At least, it used to not be uncommon. I got so used to writing fast and [...]
What are we blogging for?
**I imagine the post title doesn’t have the same effect if you don’t have the right image and song stuck in your head to go with it. Let me help with that: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Ahem. Now that that’s out of the way, what was I talking about? Oh, right…what are [...]
Road Trip Wednesday: Advice
For this week’s Road Trip Wednesday, YA Highway wants to know: What’s the best writing advice you’ve ever received? Write. Yep, that’s it. One word can sum up the very best advice I have ever received about writing. But, of course, I am not a woman of so few words, so I will expand the [...]
So97
Seriously, thanks so much for all the help yesterday. I appreciate all the comments and bits of advice I got, both on this blog and elsewhere. After a lot of talking/reading comments and emails, I have my ducks in a row concerning Incubus. So, in true Two For Tuesday style, I have a quick two-part [...]
Confuddled
Let me tell you a story about poor little Incubus: While I have wanted to be a writer since I was really young, that goal got sidelined for some time while I was busy trying other things in life. Then, just over a year and a half ago, I had a dream. When I woke [...]
I am not my characters
If you have ever watched DEXTER*, you know that Deb has a filthy mouth. Seriously–you know the phrase “swear like a sailor”? Well, Debra Morgan makes sailors blush. Her vocabulary is just that dirty. All the cussing probably bothers some people when they watch the show, but it doesn’t really phase me. But, at the [...]
Road Trip Wednesday: When I grow up…
…I wanna be: For this week’s Road Trip Wednesday, YA Highway wants to know: Which writer’s career would you most like to emulate? When I first read this question last week, two names immediately popped to mind. But then, of course, I had to go be me and think and ponder and fret and try [...]
A couple things on my mind