I really, truly hate Chapter 7. In any book. Now don't all run out and check Chapter 7 in my books, because whatever finally made it into that section of the final version was definitely not what was bedeviling me while I was writing. Let me explain. Every time I head...
Since I didn't get a chance to schedule the link up on my Events page (the interview was supposed to go up in June), I thought I would share with you an interview I did with Sally Watts of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library system. She was so kind to ask me to...
While at RT, I picked up a lovely award for Mad About the Duke. The 2010 Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Love & Laughter Historical. I tried to tell a joke as I accepted the award but it sort of fell flat. Way to go for the funny writer. Let me tell you, humor is a...
Sometimes getting a book started is easy. Other times it takes a lot of what would appear to most people as a lot of screwing around. But sometimes that screwing around is just what is needed to get the story all shaken out before you really jump into the writing. But...
My friend Jenifer posted something on my Facebook Fan page the other day that really got me thinking—I mean really thinking and mulling and plotting and planning. She said: ...I make sure I knit a lot on New Years day because "they say" that whatever you do on...
Thank you one and all for the wonderful year you have shared with me. From your posts here on this blog, to your friendship on Facebook, to your kind emails that arrive in my inbox like little presents, I find daily reminders about why I love being an author—the...
