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A book by any other name...

Before I get started here, this picture has nothing to do with the subject of the blog post, but I've gotten really paranoid about using things when I don't know their source. This is my 16-year-old granddaughter Tierney, and I'm pretty sure she won't sue me for using her picture. Isn't she pretty?
How are you with titles? Yeah, I’m stretching today—I couldn’t think of a single thing to write. But, in truth, it’s kind of an interesting question. I’ve had five books published, a number that wil...

Those Nameless Faceless Characters

   Do you like horror movies? How about comedies, or cartoons? As a matter a fact, pick a movie or television show. Any one you want.


     Now, imagine if there were no background noise, no music, sound affects, or extra characters
milling in the background. Just the main and secondary characters. There's nothing different about their acting abilities, but no one else is ever in the room. Does the movie lose some of it's appeal?


     I saw a mov...

Looking Back

Last week I read What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty. It's about a woman--Alice--who wakes up after a fall off an exercise bike thinking it's ten years ago. She has no memory of having her children--she was pregnant with her first child ten years ago--or how she became a fit, health-conscious mom. And especially she has no memory of why she and her husband are involved in a bitter divorce because all of her memories are of being happily married.

The book is simply wonderful. One of those reads...

Happy Birthday to Me!

So, my fantabulous editor made my day yesterday - by sending over my new cover for my new book which hits cyber shelves in just under a month! And there it is on the left! Is it not pretty? Don't you just want to pet my Saint - er, I mean that villa?

What she didn't know when she sent it over is that it's my birthday week - which made it even more of a fun day. Today - September 5 - is my actual birthday, but we celebrate by the week in our family, so it's been a fun few days.

Here's the blurb: ...

Vaquero release day!

My new book, Vaquero, releases today. I'm really proud of this particular book. I think my writing went up a level with this one. I have a hero who was injured very badly, but comes out of it, and is willing to follow his heart again. The heroine was abandonded by her father, and has to learn to trust men.
I chose the cover art myself. The picture anyway. I think the hero is very well depicted here.

I am looking for some readers to review this book for Amazon and other sites. If interested, le...

So how’s your skin these days?

          Most of the time, I like who I am. I’m happy with my writing, thrilled with the books my writing morphs into, and…oh, my gosh, completely over the edge with good reviews. I’ve been lucky there—there’ve been quite a few good ones.          And a few that sucked. Reviewers didn’t like my cover, the blurb, the heroine, the ending. The book was too long, too women’s fiction for a romance aficionado, too romantic...

When Did Ths Happen?

I thought I was a creature of habit.  Not anymore. When I first started writing, I could never work on more than one story at a time. This week, I worked on four. That's right, four. And I never got confused. I did find a problem though. The villain in one story had the same name as the villain in another. Other than some severe jerk issues, they had nothing in common.  Thanks to a lot of Facebook friends, I managed to come up with another name for the vill...

Too Soon???

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Out Of My Rhythm

The past few weeks have been a little weird. I'm a serious creature of habit. I like my routines. I like have a rhythm to my day. This summer it's been impossible to find a rhythm that sticks around for more than a week or two.

June started with bebe out of school, a very early birthday party for her because she was in a wedding during her actual birthday week. July saw us with out of town guests every week. Different guests, coming and going, some for a few days, others for a full week or two...

Stuck in the Mud

Have you ever been working on a story, know where you're going, and yet just can't get the words out?
I have a current WIP I love, I like the characters, the plot, the setting, everything. It's right on track for where I want it to be.
But...I'm stalled.
Stuck in mud.
I'm a pantser all the way. I refuse to plot, hate to plot. That being said, I do know where the novel is going. I know who done it, I know why and how the victims were done in.
But I open the document, and I stare at it. I tw...