With so little free time, what could I write for a blog post this week? Flash fiction? Short story? As much as I love writing and sharing them, there’s no time. I am revising an earlier work. Finish a draft post? There’s one about where my stories fit in the romantic suspense genre. It’s so […]
Where do I do it? The usual places – the bedroom, the family room, the coffee shop – anywhere I have internet access. Confused? Oh – you thought I was writing about that. No, not that – research. Got you again, didn’t I? All in good fun. It has happened that my new novel requires […]
It appears there’s a reason that this sinus, cold, virus thing knocked me out of action. I think fate decided to take control of things since I was obviously letting things get – or taking them – out of control. The bug made my eyes hurt; I couldn’t use them for reading or writing. The […]
I’m sure that many of you will agree that inspiration comes from everywhere. Truly – it does. For example, the original thought for the scene that has become the short story, ‘Second Best’, came from watching a cat stalk a bird in our back yard. The cat wasn’t much more than a kitten and I […]
That’s the question I’m being asked after posting ‘Second Best’. It seems there are those who think I’ve given away the plot of my next novel. Yes, there is a murder – but it is the catalyst for the plot, not the crux of it. So I have to answer. No, no, no – nothing […]
Dialogue. There are, I’m sure, millions of words written about it on thousands of sites across the net. Well here’s my five hundred words or so. 🙂 Why now? Because I’ve reached the first major dialogue scene in the first chapter of my new novel. Conversation starts early in the new book. First in the prologue, […]
Where is Hidden Cove? It sits between Jasmine and Keeper’s coves; and is fronted to the southeast by the slightly cross shaped Croix Island. It is unique among the Skye Point coves in that its terrace sits atop a thirty foot cliff face. The best way to access its beach is by scaling the cliff. Very […]
…far more it seems. Time to look further inland, where the gently rising forrested slopes above the coves are topped by another set of grassy terraces. Jasmine Cove’s marine terrace extends a little over a mile further inland than the others, creating a slightly tiered valley – called Jasmine Glen by the locals – between […]
Social media rocks. This is probably the millionth article to start off with that sentence – most likely because it’s true. I’ve been fully involved in social media since last April, when I published my first novel, Sunrise on the Pier. Most of my time is spent conversing on Twitter. Love it, love it, LOVE IT! Endless […]
We’ve all heard the much overused ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’. My picture? A more complete visualization of the fictitious coastal community, Skye Pointe, that I introduced in Sunrise on the Pier. Unfortunately, I have no talent for drawing or painting. I wish its male protagonist was real! Since he isn’t, I have […]
