It feels as though everyone believes the pandemic known as Covid is over. In so many ways, it is not. At least not for me. Writing was a dream. Still is a dream. Thundering in the distance, raining down it’s nourishment on others. That’s okay for now. It’s too early to know if my life […]
Continue readingDreams In The Time Of A Pandemic
While our family has managed to avoid catching COVID-19, the pandemic has forced so much change in our lives and many conversations in my household on unexpected topics. One has had a particularly strong impact: are we doing what we love and what would we love doing? With the state of the job market at […]
Continue readingLife and pandemics.
The world has been changing so quickly, I can hardly catch a breath. I am so close to being done with my first novel’s final revision. So close for so many months, years even. Family obligations, stress, a custody battle, loss of loved ones, political ugliness, RWA racisim, and now a pandemic have shredded my […]
Continue readingBest Laid Plans
of muses and writers oft gang a glae. Or whatever it was Robert Burns said. Sometimes, goals shift over time. Sometimes they are upset in a flash. It happened to me more like a snowball rolling down hill. One by one, it took out a goal, a plan, and eventually all my creative energy. I […]
Continue readingRomance Through The Ages
I first heard of the Romance Through The Ages contest a few years ago. I had already been a member of Romance Writers of America for several years when I came across it. The contest is sponsored by the Hearts Through History chapter of RWA and is only for historical romance. Last year I missed […]
Continue readingMe and the NaNoWriMo blues.
I am deeply in love with the idea of spending a month writing around a single story idea. NaNoWriMo – or National Novel Writing Month – is on my calendar every year for that very reason. Last year, I also added Camp NaNoWriMo – a great opportunity to work on brainstorming, editing, revising and polishing. […]
Continue readingMonday Motivation
I seek motivation to write from many sources. The one source that seems a magical cure for not only lackluster drive but writer’s block as well is research. Here is an excerpt from Wisconsin Women In The War, by Ethel Alice Hurn, regarding the phenomenon known as “Daughter of the Regiment” or Vivandiere: “Two Wiscconsin […]
Continue readingSynopses Road Test #1
I try to work up synopses at the beginning of the writing process. They can provide a focus for the story – a reminder of the over-arching tone and goals. Of course they are used for various aspects of publishing as well. This month, I am in the process of entering a couple of contests […]
Continue readingRecovery: taking the slow road.
The road to publication is long and meandering. At least in my case. I finished the first draft of Tangled Up In You in 2009. I shopped it around to nearly fifty agents with no success. A fellow author I met in 2010 started Indie publishing her works in 2011 and her success gave me […]
Continue readingTech bug strikes!
You might notice a few changes around here. This past weekend I was notified by my web host that they were taking my site down because of a malicious bug. I received no further explanation. The solution was to remove selected files that made my WordPress based site unable to function. I will be spending […]
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