I have a housekeeper.

Um…well, I wish. Actually, I have a cleaning service that comes in once a month. And let me tell you, it isn’t enough. The DH, in his infinite wisdom, realized after we had gremlin #3 that the odds of having a clean house and a sane-writing-wife were pretty slim if he didn’t hire me some help. Hence, the cleaning service. And they’re fabulous. They just aren’t here enough. Twice a month would be wonderful. Four times a month would be heaven. But until I make some sales, I live with once a month.

So…today was my … Read more »

You know what I love most about writing? You get to go places you never expected to go. I spent the afternoon researching the new book while waiting for my slooooow printer to kick out pages. And if you haven’t already figured it out, let me fill you in on a little secret: The internet is a writer’s best friend. You can go anywhere on the net, and I don’t just mean from site to site, I mean from one exotic location to another. Forget the high cost of fuel. You don’t need that airline ticket anymore. With a quick … Read more »

… Read more »

…when I just want to lock myself in the bathroom and veg out the whole day long. Today is one of those days.

I won’t bore you with the day to day struggles of being a writing SAHM, but I am going to give you a glimpse at the reason I often feel like screaming and running away.

Today I had to mail a submission. Okay, it was a re-submission, but I won’t go into that. Suffice it to say, I spent all morning printing and reworking my cover letter, getting the whole thing packaged up and ready to go. … Read more »

…Deidre Knight from The Knight Agency is answering questions from now until Sunday over at Romance Divas. No pitching, but answers to all your agent/publishing questions. Look under Forum and find Diva Deidre.

And yes, it’s still free. 🙂 Just register.… Read more »

Happy Anniversary to me!

The first draft of SOS if finally done! Woohoo!!!

Now I get the joy of starting revisions, revamping those first few chapters, writing a synopsis (egad!) and devising a kick-ass query for my dark and disturbing romantic suspense.

*sigh*

It’s never over, is it?… Read more »

In case you haven’t heard…

Candace Haven is giving a class over at Romance Divas on writing a first draft in just two weeks.

Two weeks! Seriously!

And the class is FREE! All you have to do is register.

Check it out.… Read more »

In contemplating the next book, one phrase keeps replaying through my mind.

Write what you know.

We’ve all heard it, but how accurate is it? If you write about what you know, what keeps you going? For me, part of the excitement of writing is learning about things I want to know. So a more accurate phrase for me would be, Write what you WANT to know. There are thousands of things I want to know, and because I’m a science nerd, they all tend to circle back around to some scientific topic or theme….archaeology, geology, medicine, and … Read more »

Okay, it’s not the WIP. It’s me. I can’t seem to muster up enough enthusiasm to finish this darn thing. And I’m sooo close. Seriously, like a chapter away from writing THE END. I thought it was my setting. So I changed that and was able to finish chapter 22. But now I’m stuck in the middle of 23, and it’s not that I’m stuck – the scene is percolating, I know what’s going to happen, and I want to write it…I just…can’t…seem…to…finish…it.

Maybe it’s because I know when I type THE END, I’m not really done. I have rewrites … Read more »

I think I may have figured out my problem with Chapter 22 of the WIP. Playing the avoidance game hasn’t worked. So yesterday, while sitting in the middle of a hail storm at the OSU vs. Boise State football game (Yes, you read that right, WHILE I was being pelted with dime-sized hail nuggets), I realized the problem I’ve been having is that the setting for the scene I’m trying to write just isn’t working. It works…but it doesn’t work for what comes next. So…I’m off to change that and see if it helps (please say it will help, please … Read more »