Mar 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’m home today, writing in my usual spot, wishing I could be sitting in KJ’s sipping my coffee, watching the people move in and out, most with smiles on their faces. Like many, I’m staying close to home these days. It helps that I work here, have all...
Mar 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last week I talked about characters and how I develop them. Over the next few weeks I’m going to break down the story into segments so you can get a feel for how an author creates a storyline. I might as well start with the question where does the idea for the...
Mar 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Believable characters are imperative in “story”. They must be complex, durable, and able to change. They need to come alive on the page, connect to the reader in ways that make the audience forget they are figments of someone’s imagination. I like...
Feb 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
I got an email from my editor this morning, along with the edited version of my Magic Bean Café manuscript. She briefly touched on some feedback from an “expert” in her field about women’s friendships in romance fiction. She referred to them as...
Feb 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Seems I’ve gotten into a routine of sorts. Tuesdays have become blog days. Easy enough, since I travel to KJ’s for a coffee and breakfast sandwich. Tuesdays have always been one of those lost days of the week, when I know that little will get done. Today...
