I love creating stories with intelligent heroines–especially the ones for whom the television is simply their largest computer monitor. However, the backstory for the heroine in my new novel is giving me fits. How can I hide a crucial piece of her personal history from her? If it’s anywhere on the World Wide Web, […]
It’s impossible to know everything about a person. But we’ve been friends for the past few years and I thought I knew her fairly well. We’d spent so much time together; evenings, weekends, and those very rare days off. Very accomplished in her career, she was the one whose opinion was respected by her peers above […]
Guest Post by a.e.Tyree When a writing teacher first suggested I write Flash Fiction, I thought she was crazy. Write a complete story in under 1000 words with a compelling setting, interesting characters, a conflict and resolution. Impossible! But when she explained some of the ways it could help me complete my current novel, I […]
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 […]
Marina Cove, the largest of the coves, has – as we know – the marina used by the residents of all the coves. Narrow lanes snake through the forested slope above the cove, where some of the first settlers built their homes. These homes – or “cottages” as they are now called, have become the […]
In Chapter ‘In Or Out?’ of Sunrise On The Pier, Gabrielle stands on the post and rail fence and sees only four coves. How can that be when there are five coves at Skye Pointe? From her perspective, she sees past Marina Cove to Coral Cove, Jasmine Cove, De La Croix Island and Keeper’s Cove. […]
I’m starting to work on a new novel. First for me is storyboarding. Last time, it helped me learn who the characters are and understand their motivations. Also last time, the final story was nothing like the set of scenes I started with. For me, the storyboard seems to be the seed that germinates, growing […]
