Finally got that ‘redefining romance’ email everyone’s been talking about from RWA. And I’d like to be able to answer some of the questions they ask coherently and rationally. But first, someone please explain to me what they mean when they ask if we’re becoming women’s fiction writers?
Am I the only one confused by […]

So, about this plotting board thing…
While Alison lives it up over at Hotel DH (she’s claiming deadline, but she’s getting breakfast in bed), I’m stuck here with this:

Something is obviously very wrong. It doesn’t look anything at all like hers (although, I do note with pride the fact that the first chapter has all […]

This started with Maili and Emma and I’m going to jump on board.
Like Suzanne, I think I’m stuck in my music youth. I also think I might have been born in the wrong generation, music-wise, although if pointed out to me, I do like a lot of music that’s around today. […]

Several of you have written with your concern and well-wishes for Sin and Tori, in hopes that they’ve made it through their first love scene together.
And while they have indeed consummated their relationship, it is, at present, a very un-layered coupling, consisting of, insert tab A into tab B (okay, well, some things are layered) […]

The husband is safely upstairs. The three year old is napping.
*looks left, then right, ignores the growing pile of laundry and bills and spies the WIP*
Is it possible I may actually get to write for a little while?
No, says the non-writing part of the mind. Why start now? You […]

She heard the cab pull up and raced to the door, eager to see his face again. It had only been five days since they’d been separated, but it seemed an eternity.
Her hero was finally home.
“We’re never going to be apart again!” she cried as she flung the door open and threw […]

Romancing The Blog had its official launch today and Katie McAlister led the charge with a terrific post!
And, between my own blog and the column I have to write for RTB and all the blog-hopping I do on a daily basis, I got to thinking again about the power of the written word. And […]

My kind neighbors are showering me with attention and food since the husband’s away, and there was a Marine plowing my driveway at 3am, so I’m doing my part and swiping at the front walk every few hours while waiting for the next food delivery.
These past two days should’ve been perfect writing days. Instead, […]

The husband has already called from Florida — nice touch having the seagulls in the background. As a nice, thoughtful touch — since he knows it will be take-out city around here for a couple of days (you know, my non-cooking thing) he did leave me plenty o’ cash to support the habit.
Meanwhile, […]

The husband, who is abandoning me for a business trip in balmy Florida (we’re expecting a blizzard here and it’s all Larissa’s fault), has told me that I must play nice in my blog and try not to piss people off. Especially not big published authors.
But that was not my intent at […]

Sharon wrote an excellent post and Jaq wrote an excellent post, and I got them all mixed up in my head and I’m trying to think about them coherently and answer them both here. Sharon was asking if I thought about the market when I wrote (okay, she didn’t say she asked me specifically, […]

(*PBW)
Who are you?
A writer.
What do you want?
To finish this book.
What’s the worst thing I can do to you?
Take away my internet connection. Oh. You want serious, huh? Okay - Make me plot.
Okay, seriously, thanks to PBW and Katie and Pat, I think I might actually be able to polish off this book. […]

I have to ask this of all my writing buddies out there (because I already know an awful lot about you anyway) - what’s in your bag? The one you carry with you everywhere, everyday. The one you grab before you head out the door anywhere.
What got me thinking about […]

I’m having a problem with my subplots. I’m worried about them, actually. Worried that I’m not doing them justice, worried that I’m doing them too much justice.
Oz and Serephina are killing me.
It started out with my finishing Hot Target. That’s right — I finished my reward book well before I did […]

It started out as research, since my heroine in the current WIP is psychic. And there are lots of cool sites out there about that.
But now, I can’t stop doing this.
The problem is that everything I see is either a lobster or some kind of insect. And I have a […]

Being an INFJ and scoring something that only 1% of the entire population scores means nothing around here — the husband is already tired of hearing about it and I still have to do the laundry. I somehow thought I would be much more appreciated, that whole avenues that had been otherwise unknown to […]

My Bloginality is
INFJ!!!
It’s scary when these tests are so right…but it’s also fun being special and rare *g*
The Protector
As an INFJ, your primary mode of living is focused internally, where you take things in primarily via intuition. Your secondary mode is external, where you deal with things according to how you feel about them, or […]

I have been accused of falling behind on the entertainment value by people who obviously don’t buy into the whole, this blog is all about me, hype and think it is all about them (who am I to burst their bubble?) Thank goodness scarylarissagrasshopperleg has had lots to say the past couple of days to […]

(or, how this writer’s mind attempts to go over the wall when the Word doc is first opened and must be coaxed lovingly back into submission)
Is this WIP part of a series or a one-shot deal?
Why is the husband still home? What day of the week is it? Does he still have a […]

Dear Stephanie,
Here is your horoscope for Sunday, January 2:
ARIES, You’ve taken on a bigger project than you can handle. Who or what prompted you to be so foolish? Find ways to lighten your load without losing face. Surely there are better strategies to begin the New Year.
Since the only new project I’ve started is […]