Exploring the battles and celebrations of writing a novel …
On Episode 3, Christie and I discussed Lisa Unger’s latest, The Stranger Inside. Lisa is known for her great characters, so it led us to discuss how characters are developed. Writer J.T. Ellison resources for writers on her website, including an article about building characters (and if you…
On last Friday’s episode, Cathi and I talked about how we approached writing our books. We know we are not experts, not even published yet, but we have learned a lot over the past couple years. And I would say that the first thing is … there is…
“Buckle up, and know that it’s going to be a tremendous amount of work, but embrace it.” – Tory Burch With the end of May, as the days go from the warmth of Spring to the heat of Summer, I find that I need some encouragement to attack…
I am happy to say that this blog is actually happening in time to post on Wednesday, our previously agreed upon day, instead of my last two Thursday Updates. I’m writing on the road. Well not literally “on the road” since that would be hard to do while…
Yes, it’s Thursday. For those of you who are paying attention, this is my second Wednesday update to come out on Thursday. So I decided just to call it like it is this time. Drafting … that is a new term I’ve discovered for writing on my WIP…
This update comes after a fun but exhausting week. I traveled to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to see my daughter and get my fill of hugs to last until the end of the semester. It was beautiful and spring like … and pollen filled. Thus the word pollenpocalypse…
Ever have one of those weeks where you are off by a day? That’s me this week. I spent Monday traveling with family, so it felt nothing like the first day of a work week. I imagine that is the root of my problem. Yesterday was Wednesday. I…
Oh Yes We Did … do episodes of our Game of Books podcast with Five award winning and best-selling authors at Sleuthfest 2019 – Alexia Gordon, T. Jefferson Parker, Tom Straw, Charles Todd, and Elaine Viets! Star-struck and honored, Cathi and I had no idea how things would…
A year ago, I took a leap of faith and attended Sleuthfest, my first writing conference. With the first session, I knew I was where I was supposed to be. And now, a year later, I’m attending again. My novel is much, much further along and in a…