I did quite a bit of work this last week on characterization for When Darkness Falls. I’m expanding some of the major secondary characters, and shoring up descriptions and attitudes on the lower echelon vampires in the resident clan at … Continue reading →
Cats are “obligate carnivores.” Here’s the definition, straight from Wikipedia: “Obligate carnivores, or “true” carnivores, are those carnivores whose survival depends on nutrients which are found only in animal flesh. While obligate carnivores might be able to ingest small amounts … Continue reading →
Oy, I fell down on my weekly Writing Plan last month! There’s actually a reason for this. I fell into a depression over the constant rejection letters. I wrote about it in this post, When Disaster Strikes. However, I’m back … Continue reading →
Remember that full manuscript I had out to an agent? Well, she sent back a rejection, the main reason for which made no sense at all. Anyway, it sent me into a total tailspin. Yes, I do know rejections are … Continue reading →
One of the big problems surrounding #cockygate…. and I’m sure something that is powerfully motivating Faleena Hopkins, is the costs of her victims to mount a legal defense. Most people are going to back down with the threat of a … Continue reading →
I did it! I got A Cat For Troy finished! Well, it still has to go through beta reading and revisions, but it’s written! Yay ‘n stuff! We’re on countdown for a response from the agent who asked for the … Continue reading →
I finished! At 12:30 am, total 93,246 words. So the entire 3-book series is done! At least, unless that one little niggling idea for a 4th book ever works itself into a viable plot, LOL! But for now, FINIS!!! And … Continue reading →
Excitement!!! I had a literary agent ask for a partial (first 50 pages) of Wishes in a Bottle, the first book of my Wishes & Dreams paranormal romance series. In the end she declined to see more… but she seemed … Continue reading →
There was a Podcast interview with Kevin Kneupper with Paul Sating, on the issue of the “Cocky” trademark. So, having been a career medical transcriptionist a great deal of my adult life, and finding so much information in that I wanted … Continue reading →
There are places you can find very detailed explanations of what has occurred. I’ll post a few links but the short version of the *primary* issue is that a romance author, Faleena Hopkins, has been granted a trademark for the … Continue reading →
So the literary agent who had requested a partial of Wishes in a Bottle, has declined to request to see the rest… However!! It was such a great letter it made me want to stand up and cheer!!!! LOL! I’m … Continue reading →
I’ve decided that, as a writer, I’m really very lucky I’ve been on Facebook and Twitter now for over a year and a half, and I see a constant theme amongst unpublished and newer writers. And that is, so much … Continue reading →
Excitement!!! This week’s excitement was the request for a FULL MANUSCRIPT of SwanSong, the first book in my Sons of the Desert series, from the literary agent who made my day a couple of weeks ago by asking for a … Continue reading →
OMG OMG OMG! I heard back from the agent who requested the first 3 chapters of SwanSong!!! I saw the email and was afraid to open it… I wept all down Messenger at my SecondLife mom because I was so … Continue reading →
UPDATE: April 7th. Not much change from last Saturday, except….!!! I finally got the troublesome scene written in A Cat For Troy that’s been holding me up these last several weeks. So I have a very good chance of wrapping … Continue reading →
Not much change except I’ve gotten over the block on that one major transition scene in A Cat For Troy that was holding me back. I’m going full tilt at finishing that scene and its aftermath, and finishing the manuscript … Continue reading →
Now, Levi is an entirely different story! While appearing to be every bit as afraid as MaryJane, he doesn’t hit or spit or lash out. He cowers, lowering his head and his ears, and trembling, when I reach to pet … Continue reading →
So I’ve had the kitties now for 6 weeks, and I thought I’d post an update. MaryJane, the 3 y/o who’d lived with an elderly lady who had to go into nursing, is just not coming along at all. My … Continue reading →
I got stuck the last couple of weeks on just one (crucial, pivotal) scene, that just wasn’t working out. Thanks to a suggestion by a fabulous writer friend, I got it back on track, so I’m back to looking at … Continue reading →
Today I’m sending out query letters to literary agents, starting out with Wishes in a Bottle since I’m so close to finishing that 3-book series. I’m a nervous wreck. I’m checking and double checking, and double checking my double checking … Continue reading →
There’s not so much change from last week. My focus is on the revisions of A CAT FOR TROY. I’m going to be going to Romance Writers of America annual national conference in Denver this summer, and my plan is … Continue reading →
I just got this from one of my regular beta readers: “ I love reading your books! You’re so much better than the ones I usually read!” I do try to be modest and not, like, brag or be all … Continue reading →
So another writer on Twitter mentioned a site, Inkarnate, that was for people to create their own fantasy world map. I headed right over. There were no instructions, and you start from a blank picture of water, so it was … Continue reading →
I’m an aspiring romance writer, with several completed manuscripts. If I can go to the annual Romance Writers of American National Conference this year, I will have the opportunity to meet with over a dozen agents and publishers, with the … Continue reading →
There’s not so much change from last week. My focus is on the revisions of A CAT FOR TROY. I’m going to be going to Romance Writers of America annual national conference in Denver this summer, and my plan is … Continue reading →
