I took this photo. Ain’t it grand? Love this spot, especially at sunset. It’s like a scene right out of MB.… Read more »

Three requests today on MB from agents. Two partials and a full. Do you have any idea how long it takes to print 554 pages on an HP officejet printer??? Let me tell you – all freakin’ day. I knew I should have started with the partials.… Read more »

What’s a writer to do?

Until you’re published, you’re at the mercy of the plethora of advice you receive from writer’s groups, critique partners, workshops, conferences and “experts”. I don’t think I could be more confused if I tried.

Here are some examples:

1) Genres. Two weeks ago, Deidre Knight, while answering questions on Charlotte Dillon’s RWC Loop, said Paranormals are HOT, selling really well. Historicals are cold, hard sells, if you write Historicals it has to be fresh, new and exciting. This week, Judy Jackson on the AskAnAuthorAll RWA Loop said Paranormals are on the way out. That … Read more »

Gloria Gaynor’s lyrics are echoing through the vast empty space that used to be my brain. (Recognize that from Marina’s Bane? Love that line.)

So, here’s how my weekend went:

Linda and I were discussing her work, and a manuscript she’s toying with rewriting. Casually, off the top of my head, I said, “Yeah, I would love to sit and rewrite parts of Wait For Me, up the suspense, etc.” After all, it’s THE story that got me writing, not my first manuscript, but the one that has been in my head the longest, the one I always … Read more »

I’ve got to figure out a way to work this into a book!

Aside from being a beautiful spot, the history is fun. Way back when, whalers used to drag their catch into the bay and slaughter them. The bay got its name because the water would turn red from all the blood.

Oooh, I see a murder plot forming… … Read more »

That should be a good thing, right?

Sheesh…one would think so.

But add some self-doubt, a sprinkling of fear and toss it all together with previous rejected partials, and you have a writer who is second guessing everything she’s ever done.

Ugh…enough obsessing already.

I received a request for a partial. Woopie, yahoo, yadda yadda yadda. Not getting excited here. This particular agent has rejected each of my other manuscripts after a requested partial. Obviously, something about my query letters draws her attention. And consequently, something about my first chapters turns her off. Hence why I’m not overly excited … Read more »

Just because it inspires me. … Read more »

I hate ’em. Actually, I hate three of them. And they’re all related to me.

I conveniently forgot I’d ordered cookies since my darling nieces live an hour south of us and we rarely see them. I honestly thought I’d dodged the cookie bullet for another year. Stupid, stupid me. Now, I can avoid the Easter candy. Cakes and homemade cookies don’t do a number on me. But set out a box of Girl Scout cookies and I’m doomed. And what do I now have sitting on my kitchen counter? Four, count ’em, four boxes of those damn cookies calling … Read more »

Persevere on…… Read more »

I can think of more colorful words, but don’t want the cuss-police on my tail. So I’ll just take a page from Tick Calvert and say, “My life sucks.”

Heard from Kern today. I’m now in the mood for chocolate and wine…and possibly tequila. So what does that mean? Pass. No reason why. No explanation as to what caused them to request the partial, no reason as to why they didn’t want to see the rest. Just a beautiful form EMAIL rejection. Fabulous. Now THAT makes me want to write.

And what really burns is that they kept my SASE, … Read more »