Posts Tagged with: writing

Where There’s a Will . . .

Filed in: Life | Musings on Craft | Writing    Tags: determination | Harlan Ellison | Writing
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My mother’s condition is stable, and her next appointment is not until 8/12. So I have about two weeks to gather everything together and tether all the balloons. In other words, lots to do before I rest.
This is not a bad thing. It just takes discipline. Determination.
Today I watched a documentary about Harlan Ellison, who [...]

Dreaming

Filed in: Wild Ramblings | Writing    Tags: Catch Another Butterfly | dreaming | John Denver | nostalgia | Writing
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Writers do a lot of dreaming, much of it while fully awake. And I plan to do some this afternoon. But right now, I’m paying bills and staying at home because of Nashville’s gas shortage, so I suddenly felt the need for a little childhood nostaglia. And I felt like sharing what happens to be [...]

Organic

Filed in: Musings on Craft | Writing | news    Tags: craft | intellectual property | plagiarism | Stephanie Meyer | Writing
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I had planned to leave the Craftie Ladies on top of my blog for a couple of days, but the fiction world is a-buzz with something close to my heart. This PW story gives the minor details, and there are more facts on Stephanie Meyer’s website, on the August 28th (II) blog entry.
For many writers, [...]

Links and Stuff

Filed in: Writing | news    Tags: friends | promotion | Writing
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Music City Romance Writer Monica McCabe is a queen of adventure writing – she’s also great for finding useful info on the web. Her latest find, which she shared with the MCRW loop is “Editors, Agents and Blogs, Oh My!” a blog dedicated to featuring (obviously) noted agents, editors, and their blogs. The most helpful [...]

The First Blog Interview

Filed in: Writing | news    Tags: blogs | contests | Keep Me in Suspense | Writing
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My first of four blog interviews is up and running. The Keep Me in Suspense blog is featuring Dana Mentink and me for our upcoming Love Inspired Suspense books, The Face of Deceit and Killer Cargo. I loved her answers, and I’m glad they listed me first. Dana would be a hard act to follow!
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Sunshine and Rain

Filed in: Writing    Tags: Dunnett | Geraldine Brooks | revising | Writing
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I have been riding high lately, ever since I got on a plane to San Francisco. My plane time was productive, and I landed encouraged. I’ve already blogged about some of the good stuff that happened, which bouyed me in my quest to expand my writing career. Not only did I find out the news [...]