My biggest nemesis – the love scene. I interrupted my progress this week, working myself into a snit about it. The way my story is written, the scenes have to be hot and passionate; expressing the love between two strong, independent people. The problem? I’m not that into sex. Let me clarify – I’m not that […]
Something challenged me last Friday. Well, that’s probably an understatement. It actually brought out the worst in me. I’m pressuring myself to meet a self-imposed deadline. I flew into a snit and ultimately stomped away from my desk, banging the door shut behind me. Making matters worse, I’d forgotten that L was at school, and […]
I started out this week looking (or listening?) for my voice. Along the way, I was unexpectedly thrilled to discover where my novel, Sunrise on the Pier, belongs. It may sound odd, but I didn’t choose a genre and then set out to write a novel; I wrote a novel and then had to find […]
I’ve been having fun with some Twitter tags – #girlgeek and #alphageek. I admit I’m a #girlgeek. I’ve not got the ego to claim #alphageek – for myself. But I do claim it for my protagonist in my current novel – and the as yet unnamed female protagonist in Skye Pointe 2 (SP2). They are #alphageekstothemax […]
At my keyboard, trying – and failing – to get back on track with SP2. Lots of writing – all false starts. Even so, I don’t throw anything away. I just file it in a folder labeled ‘FalseStarts’. I pace, I walk, I try to amuse myself with inane games, nothing works. Then I hear […]
It’s a tragedy. Seriously. I have to write one. For a character that I’ve grown to love. The character has to die. I created someone, gave him an identity, a personality – and now I have to kill him off. I tweeted about it a while ago, and I’m still dragging my feet, looking for […]
Perfecting the craft. Before I wrote Sunrise on the Pier, I didn’t understand what that meant. Now I get that becoming a writer is like starting off on a journey that has no direction and no end. The journey will go wherever and as far as each writer is willing to take it. Scary! …but […]
