What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear “Love in Books”? Is it last summer’s hottest rom-com? Does a classic tale of unrequited love surface in your memory? Or, do you react with a giant “Ugh!”? I get that last one. I’m not one to seek out romance in...
Fantasy—the one genre I swore I would never, no how, no way write. Guess what I’m writing? In order to write fantasy, I have to do something incredibly more difficult than piecing words together to make a book; it’s called world-building. This is the third...
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel like I’m walking through life on a narrow path between towering mountains of dirty dishes and clothes, unpaid bills, messy floors and to-do lists longer than the Amazon River. Plus, there’s the...
A few years ago I swore off making resolutions. I got tired of making my list each New Year’s Eve and then disappointing myself a month or two later. After my initial “bah, humbug” attitude, I realized the problem was with my approach. Resolutions...
Let’s face it; time flies. 24 hours just aren’t enough to do all we desire. I find myself skittering after loose minutes like Scrat after his elusive nut. So, how do writers like me with so many story ideas and works in progress decide where to focus the...
Have you ever found inspiration in a book? Have you ever picked up a book and been changed? Not just wowed or inspired or excited—I’ve had that happen many times. Just last November I got a page and a half into Susanna Kearsley’s The Winter Sea and was so...
