I’m crabby so watch out. I’m not even sleeping on my crabbiness to see if I won’t feel more rested, as well as diplomatic, in the morning. I’m just laying it down. Right here. Right now. Some people–and in this case, a select number of authors judging contests, particularly RWA’s annual Rita contest–should get over […]
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Waiting for the Other Shoe…
To drop. Does anyone else ever do that? Things are good, almost too good, and so you brace yourself, mutter worries and denials, as though the gods were leaning over their fluffy pink clouds waiting to see who just might be too happy? And who, they, the bored, petty vengeful gods must smash? One of […]
Numbers Game
Other authors tell me I’m pretty promo savvy. They say my name is really out there in the genre, and that The Frog Prince was everywhere. I’d like to think it was everywhere, but it wasn’t, not really, not to the extent I want it to be. Lots of Border and Barnes & Noble stores […]
Blink
While in Hawaii this past week I read a fascinating book titled Blink. It was in hard cover, and expensive, but it grabbed me in the prologue and kept my attention the entire time and I talked about it with friends on the beach, and to others by the pool, and ended up leaving my […]
New Year
It’s finally the new year and I’ve been waiting for this one for awhile. It’s not that I didn’t like the old year, but it wasn’t the easiest year and I’ve this rather silly optimism that says a new year has to be better–or easier–than the last year, which is almost like saying, the grass […]
Break Ins & Break Downs
I just finished a book last night at 1:30 am and emailed it out to my editor in U.K. It was a very tough write. It was beyond a tough write. I felt like I’d never written a Harlequin Presents before. The book had been due October 31st, and then November 27th and then at […]
Intro to Fiction Writing
At UCLA when I wanted to switch from Theatre Arts to Creative Writing, I had to take an Intro to Creative Writing course. This was the mid to late 80’s and everybody was very Goth at the time and the cool, clever, real writers all wore black and slouched, or spoke in whispers of intellectual […]
Fast Reads
I was asked by a book club in San Diego who’d chosen The Frog Prince as their book selection for October if I’d be willing to participate in their book discussion via a conference call. I agreed and last night at eight I was put on speakerphone and for twenty-five minutes I answered whatever questions […]
No More Suspense
I forget that people actually read my online diary and remember what I’ve written. I certainly forget what I write. Fast. There’s no way I could survive if I kept track of all the fictional dramas I create–the sex, the lies, the heartbreak and scandal. And then with the diary….well, I often reveal waaaaay more […]
Do Real Women Make Quiche?
I get amazing emails about The Frog Prince. Nearly five months after it came out, I’m still getting several emails a week from readers who just loved the book, and loved how normal and accessible Holly was as a character. Some of the readers say they feel exactly like Holly and that Holly could have […]
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