Jane Porter's Blog, page 45
July 3, 2010
Mac Makes Friends
It's the 4th of July weekend and I'm finishing my chapter 2 today of my new Harlequin, an intense 'secret baby' story set in Sicily. I've spent the past week working on chapter 2, tearing it apart, putting it back together, editing, tweaking, and just couldn't figure out what was wrong until I realized that the stakes still need to be higher to rachet up the tension to breathless Presents pace.
Harlequin Presents aren't like any other Harlequin novel. They're not just sensual stories with e...
June 30, 2010
Home In Hawaii
Mac has become very busy. Extremely busy. He loves to walk and run, explore and pull things apart. He loves to push things closed, too, including all doors, and sometimes his fingers are in between. I've been trying to keep Mac out of trouble by letting him help me whenever he can. There are some 'jobs' he can do. Like pick up stuff off the floor. Wipe counters with a cloth. Push the dust mop around. And uh, load the dishwasher, and that's what Mac is doing below. Putting silverware in the...
June 23, 2010
An Afternoon With The Girls
I've been in Hawaii a week today, but before I left Bellevue last week, I had the chance to spend part of the afternoon with some very smart, very literate young ladies who attend Seattle's French-American School together. I'd met one of the moms at a fundraiser back in April (at least I think it was April….) and she invited me to join the mother-daughter bookclub for an afternoon discussion of books, writing tips, and insights into the writing life.
The girls shared with me some of their...
June 8, 2010
Fun Review at B&N!
Today I read one of the first 'public' reviews of She's Gone Country over at B&N.com, and I loved it! Made me get that super excited feeling about the book's upcoming release all over again and I thought I'd share the review with you:
From Unabashedly Bookish: The BN Community Blog:
I've Gone Country… Thanks to Jane Porter
Does the review make you want to read the book? Post a comment over at B&N.com, and then let me know in the comment section what you thought of the review, and you're...
June 3, 2010
Fittings
I leave in two weeks for Hawaii for the summer. It sounds fabulous but is also kind of wrenching as my two oldest sons will be with their dad for the first month and then come to me for the second–and I'll be away for one of those weeks they're with me attending Romance Writers of America's national conference in Orlando.
I've never been away from Mac for more than a night and flying thirteen hours away from him for 6 nights of business makes my heart hurt. I think I'd be better with the week ...
