With NanoWriMo upon us, I always feel the need to explain my process, because it’s pretty different (read: insane) than most of what I’d read about when I first started writing – you know, the, this is how you should do it, posts.
I’ve always been contrary. And maybe my insanity will help comfort a few [...]
Cam’s books is done – it’s the one due out after the third book in the SEAL trilogy, tentatively titled, Don’t Look Back. Although I hesitate to use the word done, because that seems…wrong. I can’t say the first draft is done because it’s really not a first draft. The first pass, maybe? The one that I [...]
Writeminded post on Gus and his new friends is here. Writeminded Chat on Writerspace is tonight at 9PM EST.
And yeah, the book is due, as the title of the post says. In two weeks. And galleys for Jake’s book are coming at the end of this week. And Larissa and I have a Sydney short [...]
Free Will Astrology for Aries for the week of May 1st:
Your power symbol for the week is an ant carrying a potato chip. It means you’ll possess so much strength that you’ll be able to hold aloft burdens that are much bigger than you. More than that, Aries. You’ll look graceful doing it. And here’s [...]
I think the key is consistency. I’m not a SEAL and I’m not an FBI agent, and even with years of research, I’m still going to get some details wrong….I believe that as a fiction writer my job is to entertain. Thus, I’m always walking a tight rope between accuracy and entertainment.
-Suzanne Brockmann
Sometimes, I think [...]
“Half my life is an act of revision.” -John Irving
“Books aren’t written–they’re rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn’t quite done it.” – Michael Crichton
Linger’s close-ish to being done – another twenty pages or so should do it. My editor’s comments [...]
A lot of people have been asking me where my ideas for certain books come from. Some of these people are members of my family, some are friends, and some are readers. The first two groups seem to think I have some covert life wherein I go out and meet Navy SEALs and DEA [...]
*blows dust off blog*
I just sent off my Risking It All copy edits. This time, I did not overuse caffeine consumption, the way I did in my previous Blaze. I do, however, have a penchant for the word really. Really. Like, really a lot. I’m also very into, was going to. [...]
As you may know, Alison Kent has written The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing Erotic Romance, which will hit the shelves tomorrow, September 5th!!!
She’s broken the book down into entertaining, easy to understand chapters full of advice, warnings, and bits of dialogue from some of the hottest erotic romance authors out there.
Larissa Ione and [...]
I didn’t get nearly as much done this past week as I would’ve liked. Between the husband being away, the kid not sleeping well and my migraine, writing was sporadic. I did spend a lot of time thinking – which I know looks a lot like I’m just staring into space or at [...]
