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Category Archives: Writing Life

Keeping It All Together

March 14, 2010 – 9:38 am

Weird.  I wake up and my heart’s practically racing.  I get out of bed and the mind’s already running ahead, shifting through all I have to do.  Kids.  Baby.  Dog.  Food.  Writing.  Email.  Edits.  New proposal.  Book.  Events.  Cleaning.  Laundry.  Baby.  Bills.  Bills.  Headache.  August.  Book tour.  Publicity.  Baby.  Boys.  Homework.  Grades.  Worry. 
And the sick, [...]

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Spring Events

March 9, 2010 – 8:52 pm

I have a very busy schedule in the coming months.  Lots of public events, and then private events like book clubs and reader groups and dinners I’ve offered to local charities.  Although I don’t love leaving my kids so much in the evenings and on weekends–as you know I’m a tad attached to them–it’s all [...]

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Fresh Starts

March 6, 2010 – 3:38 pm

Yesterday I began planning and plotting my new book(s) in earnest.  I’m putting together a series of books that have some connected characters.  As I’ve shared before, I love this stage in writing.  It’s the pre-writing, brainstorming, mulling, analyzing stage.  Very few words go down on paper now.  Rather I put together binders with character [...]

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She’s Gone Country

March 3, 2010 – 4:55 pm

I’ve just finished going through the galleys, proofing it one last time before it goes to press for its summer release and I love this book.
I love this book.
I’m really proud of this one, too.
I want to write more novels like this She’s Gone Country.  I want to continue writing books the way I’ve been writing [...]

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My Little Valentine

February 13, 2010 – 12:24 pm

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and then my birthday is on the 17th so I’m hitting one of my favorite weeks of the year.  My long time readers know I love February’s pink and red colors, the lush tulips in stores, the fun conversation heart candy, and well, hearts.  I love the shape of them.  I [...]

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The Best Hour

February 6, 2010 – 3:23 pm

I’ve just spent the day writing and I have candles burning and music playing.  With my head phones on I’ve been listening–over and over–to songs I downloaded from last Sunday’s Grammy awards.  It was probably the best Grammys I’ve ever watched and the music has stayed with me.
I loved the tribute to Michael Jackson and then [...]

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