Riley Adams's Blog, page 236

Narrowing Down Our Project

The past week, I've been at Harbor Island, South Carolina, enjoying the beach with my parents and children. Through the magic of WiFi, I've also been at my blog, Twitter, Facebook, and other places, too. Now I'm packing up to head back to North Carolina.

I've got a couple of books to write in the next 6-9 months, and sometimes my mind jumps around from favorite idea to favorite idea. At least mine are all in the same genre (well, a few aren't, but they're relegated to a Word file for...

Doing it All Wrong

I was back again at the YMCA, exercising with my children last week. This time I'd finished walking on the treadmill and decided to try out a weight machine I'd never used before.

I read the little sign on the side of the machine and hesitantly started out.

After a minute or two, I relaxed. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. In fact, it seemed almost easy!

I was confidently lifting the weights when a big guy, with a YMCA badge on, walked up to me, frowning. "You're doing ...

Stretching Ourselves as Writers: by Deborah Sharp

I'd like to thank Deb for guest hosting today. Deb is a friend of mine and fellow Mystery Ink author and I'm a huge fan of her humorous Southern mysteries. I'm honored she's at Mystery Writing is Murder today--the day her new Mace Bauer mystery, Mama Gets Hitched, is released. Welcome, Deb!

Thanks so much, Elizabeth, for inviting me to guest at ''Mystery Writing is Murder.'' A lot of truth in that blog title, honey.

If you're a writer, you should be able to write anywhere, right? I was...