Cate Noble's Blog

Two old Lauren Bach titles EXCLUSIVELY for Amazon's Kindle!

I'm pleased to announce the Kindle release of my first two Lauren Bach novels, LONE RIDER  (Nov. 2001) and SLOW HANDS (Aug. 2002.)  Both of these novels have been out-of-print for a number of years and I'm delighted to re-release them in digital format.  Right now, these e-book are only available through Amazon, which —  thanks to all the Kindle widgets — are readable on virtually all devices. 

As many of my readers know, I published four romantic suspense novels under the pseudonym Lauren Bach before switching to my current pseudonym, Cate Noble.  My Bach novels were all stand-alone books, whereas my Noble books are an ongoing series. 

More soon!   But in the meantime…Happy reading!

The series continues…

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DEADLY GAMES - Book Three

Are you ready for book three?  DEADLY GAMES releases in February 2011 and is  available for pre-order at your favorite bookseller. 

An excerpt of chapter one will be available soon.  Here's a sneak peak at the back cover blurb:

EYES ONLY

INTERNAL AGENCY E-MAIL

FROM:  Rocco Taylor

October 3, 11:50 p.m.

It's the waiting I can't stand.  Let me belly crawl across a minefield into an enemy stronghold.  Or give me an MP5 and a load of clips and just let me shoot my way in. ...

DEAD RIGHT Nominated for RT Reviewer's Choice Award

RT Book Reviews, the leading magazine for reviews of romance and popular fiction novels, has released their annual "best of the best" – a list of authors and books nominated for RT's Career Achievement and Reviewers'  Choice Awards.  Picked by RT's review staff and editors from among the more than 3,000 titles reviewed last year, the  complete list of nominees will appear in the February 2010 issue of RT Book Reviews.  The list is also available on their website at...

Tears on paper: remembering Kate Duffy

Once upon a time, in the land of Manhattan, there lived a lovely editor named Kate Duffy.  Kate was so amazing, so brilliant, that the gods finally relented and decreed that henceforth the sun would rise each morning in her honor. ("Took 'em long enough," Kate muttered.)

 

Kate's inimitable presence enriched the lives of everyone she encountered.  Crowds clamored to get closer; audiences hung on her every word.  Lions even snuggled up with lambs. ("Get real," Kate said.) 

 

To state it simply...

My Writer's Handbook

I have a LOT of books on the craft of writing.  (I'm currently packing for a move; a painful reminder of exactly how many books I own.)  Craft is a subject I never tire of, in part because I'm eternally seeking to grow.  I'm also guilty of eternally seeking the magic bullet; something to make the creative process easier.  Or at least less messy.  (I *know* it's out there.  I BELIEVE it exists.  I bet Stephen King probably has it.)

 

At the beginning of each new writing project, I always find...

Everyday Writing: On Perseverance

My writer friend Jenn and I are following a sixty day program from one of John Demartini's books.  Today is Day 19: the Law of Perseverance.  As has been the case almost daily (I am so predictable.) when I glanced at today's chapter heading, I thought, 'oh, I know what perseverance is: hard work.' 

 

But as I read Demartini's upbeat account of how he regards perseverance, I realized my definition had a negative slant.  My definition of perseverance ran along the lines of 'fighting the good...

Plan Less – Write More

I'm a member of Club Fearless, an online success group led by Steve Chandler.  (His book, REINVENTING YOURSELF, has a permanent spot on my keeper shelf.)  The following quote, from a recent Club newsletter, provided a much needed jolt:

 

"Create a structure for yourself.  Who is going to run your life, you or your fantasies? Choose. Then create a routine to follow. Develop a system that minimizes distraction."

 

Three words jumped out at me: CREATE, CHOOSE, DEVELOP.  Aack!  Spit!  Why couldn't...

GET OUT! Best places to write…#2

My office is comfortable, quiet, and filled with cute stuff.  It's MY space and generally off-limits to anyone over the age of ten. (Besides me, of course.) 

 

As much as I love my office, I sometimes feel cooped up.  Well, maybe more than sometimes.  The need to flee hits regularly enough that I keep a writer's bag packed.  Okay, I actually keep three different writer's bags packed.  All cute.  All stocked with basic office supplies and ready to roll.  I just drop in my netbook or printed...

How I Recharge…Method Number 7

One of the most challenging aspects of writing, for me, is the nonphysicalness of it. 

 

I sit and think.  I sit and write.  I sit and brainstorm.  I sit and read.  My inner gears are smokin' but the outer parts are pokin'.  A day of scribbling – literally, I'm a paper-and-pen girl – means moving my fingers.  Period.  So while the digits get a nice workout, the rest of me doesn't.  Sure, exercise and walking counter that lack of movement, but I'm frequently left wanting more. 

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And one of...

Gush alert!

If I had an altar laden with items to honor and appease the creative gods, Steven Pressfield's book THE WAR OF ART would be on it.  I've read it a dozen times and with each new pass something different jabs my brain.  

 

Here's the back cover blurb:

 

"In this powerful, straight-from-the-hip examination of the internal obstacles to success, bestselling author Steven Pressfield shows readers how to identify, defeat, and unlock the inner barriers to creativity.  THE WAR OF ART is an...