Soraya Lane sold to Harlequin after I did. Somehow, though, she managed to not only write as many HQ titles as I have, but squeeze in some indie titles as well (including her critically-acclaimed Montana Series) and recently signed a multi-book deal with another publisher. Oh, and yeah, and she had two children. She’s…
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The Path to Writing Success
For a while now, I’ve advocated the turtle method of writing success. Slow and steady wins the race. It’s something I learned from listening to Brenda Novak speak: To make the best progress, keep your head down and focus on your own business. When you start worrying about the competition around you is when you…
Life During the Downtime
I finished Larissa’s story on Monday and sent it off to the lovely Flo (she who makes me look brilliant) for reviewing. Sadly, I’ve already dropped the ball on one of my 2014 goals which was to give her a clean, already revised manuscript. One of the things I hate is that she ends up…
Snow Day
It used to be that a snow day meant Tattoo was home from school. So now that he’s in college, you’d think a snow day would involve nothing more than me curled up with my Alphasmart while the snow piled up outside. Not so fast. Snow days have brought a new phenomenon here in Empty…
Cover Reveal
Check out the Cover for Swept Away by the Tycoon (Chloe’s story).
Writing Productivity 2
An Interview with Maisey Yates USA TODAY Bestselling author, Maisey Yates, and I sold within months of each other. In fact, we were both plucked from the slush pile by the same editor. Now I could be bitter and jealous over the fact that in the same amount of time, Maisey has managed to not…
A Writer Turning 50: Bucket List
My bucket list is taking shape. Like I said last week, I’m all about new experiences, and the bucket list reflects that: Have coffee beneath the Eiffel Tower Spend a night in a castle See the English countryside Live in the English country side for a few months Spend a night in a super luxury…
A Writer Turning 50: Sushi
I’m off schedule this morning. Normally, in keeping with my new ‘writing is a business’ attitude, I try to get these posts uploaded on Tuesday night. Unfortunately, Tattoo commandeered my computer for a ROTC project. (We only have one printer in the house and my computer is the one connected to it.) Then I overslept…
Writing Productivity 1
An Interview with Donna Alward I’ve said over and over that I want to learn how to write more productively. The best way to learn writing productivity is to talk with those writers who are far more productive than I. Therefore, I decided to interview a few of the most productive writers I know to…