WHAT IF THERE WERE NO HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS?
There are 11 topics below. As always, respond to what interests you and just ignore what doesn’t. Or, you’re free to open your own topic. Share some good news from the week, or if you need to vent, go...
View ArticleGravity is a myth. The Earth sucks.
Below I have eight topics. Respond to whatever floats your boat and ignore what doesn’t. ================================ 1. TOP TEN PUBLISHING MYTHS Erin Brown tackled this subject in an informative...
View ArticleIt’s not an optical illusion, it just looks like one.
Below are ten topics. Respond to whatever interests you and ignore the rest. ================================ 1. OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With the film adaptation of the third installment of the Twilight...
View ArticleConfessions of a Romance (?) Author: Writer-Ly Edition
First confession: The question mark has everything to do with, whether or not, I still consider myself a romance author. Last week I read Nora Roberts Vision in White, which is one of the few romance...
View ArticleActually, it Only Makes Sense in Fiction
We’ve all heard of the difference between reality and fiction is that it (whatever IT is) has to make sense in fiction. Yet, I still can’t come up with a good enough reason for why characters need to...
View ArticleMean What You Say But Don’t Say What You Mean
I’m re-working this scene in another one of my stories. It has bothered the hell out of me since I wrote it. For one, I want them to debate and their not debating. Second, they already have a rhythm...
View ArticleWRITERS: My Recovery Ritual. What’s Yours?
Some time ago, an agent wrote about the hard road to publication and the mental and physical gymnastics writers face while navigating it. I saved the link because it stuck with me. Here’s an excerpt:...
View ArticleWRITERS: From a little place called “the corner”
WRITERS — Ever been here? The good news: I’m nearing the end of my WIP. I’m at the part where H/h have discovered everything they’ve been hiding from each other. The bad news: I have NO idea how...
View ArticleBreadcrumbs, rocks and birds … OH MY!
Here’s something that happens to me with EVERY book. Has anything similar ever happened to you? I’ll get 3/4 of the way done, or mere inches away from the end, and I somehow ‘forget’ the love and/or...
View ArticleIn The Beginning….
How many of you are starting a new novel? Well, for me the whole experience is just plain weird. I’ve been so caught up in my unfinished books as well as the completed one I just submitted, that I...
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