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October 27, 2011
No Toy Left Behind
After a computer villain launched a cyber plot to consume all my time yesterday in trying to get my guest post on the Craftie Ladies of Romance blog to render properly, I decided I'd had enough of villains for one week!
It's Fun Friday. Time to smile!
One thing that makes me smile every time I witness it is...
When we leave the house, we crate our eat-everything-in-sight pup, Bella. We always
It's Fun Friday. Time to smile!
One thing that makes me smile every time I witness it is...
When we leave the house, we crate our eat-everything-in-sight pup, Bella. We always
Join me...
I'm guest posting today on The Craftie Ladies of Romance blog (a blog of Love Inspired romance writers--suspense, contemporary, and historical) on...
Celebrating Christian Fiction Readers.
Celebrating Christian Fiction Readers.
October 25, 2011
Interviewing a Villain
Since we talked about villains on Monday, I wanted to share here the interview Emile Laud did with blogger Suzanne Hartzman at the end of September. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed playing him.
Visiting with us today is Emile Laud a character from Sandra Orchard's debut novel Deep Cover. To help you better follow my interview with Emile, allow me to first share a brief description of
Visiting with us today is Emile Laud a character from Sandra Orchard's debut novel Deep Cover. To help you better follow my interview with Emile, allow me to first share a brief description of
A Word about posts on RSS feed
For those of you who subscribe to this blog via RSS feed, I apologize that about 25% of the time, the feed has shown nothing but formatting information. This happens when I copy and paste my post from a word document and don't remember to backspace at the beginning of the post to delete formatting.
I went back and republished those posts today so that they should now render properly in the feed
I went back and republished those posts today so that they should now render properly in the feed
October 23, 2011
Fighting the Villain Inside
I love writing villains.
Not the mustache-twirling villains of old that modern readers find laughable. Multi-faceted characters that I can exploit for good and evil, and in the process, surprise the reader. At his best, a villain will make the hero stop and take stock.
If the reader does too, all the better...
Read more...
Not the mustache-twirling villains of old that modern readers find laughable. Multi-faceted characters that I can exploit for good and evil, and in the process, surprise the reader. At his best, a villain will make the hero stop and take stock.
If the reader does too, all the better...
Read more...
October 20, 2011
Fun Friday - My Hero... swoon
My husband is a real-life hero, and I'm not just saying that because I'm married to him and I'm a romance writer and that's what romance writers tend to say about their hubbies. Mine really is!
He proved it the day my daughter's long-dreamed-of horse arrived at our home. She was older and bomb-proof...we were told.
Well-trained, we were told.
Gentle, we were told.
Well, my daughter was
He proved it the day my daughter's long-dreamed-of horse arrived at our home. She was older and bomb-proof...we were told.
Well-trained, we were told.
Gentle, we were told.
Well, my daughter was
October 19, 2011
Vertigo...
Nope not the movie.
I've got the real thing. And wow, is it ever hard to get anything done.
With less than six weeks until my book three deadline, I'm hoping this won't last. Seems to be connected to a combination of sinus and ear issues.
I've even tried the Epley maneuver, hoping for a quick fix. That's a canalith repositioning procedure that works by moving rogue calcium crystals out of
I've got the real thing. And wow, is it ever hard to get anything done.
With less than six weeks until my book three deadline, I'm hoping this won't last. Seems to be connected to a combination of sinus and ear issues.
I've even tried the Epley maneuver, hoping for a quick fix. That's a canalith repositioning procedure that works by moving rogue calcium crystals out of
October 16, 2011
Why Don't You Like Me?
Which character in the book do you most relate to and why?
That’s question number two at the back of Deep Cover, and it led to an interesting discussion recently among my writing friends.
We were trying to discern if there is a connection between our own personality types and the heroines in the books we enjoy most. Or if the heroines we admire have personalities we aspire to, but don’t necessarily have.
That’s question number two at the back of Deep Cover, and it led to an interesting discussion recently among my writing friends.
We were trying to discern if there is a connection between our own personality types and the heroines in the books we enjoy most. Or if the heroines we admire have personalities we aspire to, but don’t necessarily have.
October 13, 2011
Smile!
Have you ever noticed how people tend to watch babies?
I mean sit and stare at them, waiting for them to do something cute. I caught myself doing this to my six-month-old grand daughter this week and wondered how she felt about always being stared at.
After all if I sat in the living room and stared at my hubby or daughter that way, they’d get downright fidgety. In less than a minute, they’d be swiping at their noses, thinking they had something on their face, saying, “What? What?”
Think about it. It's a wonder babies don't get a complex from how people stare at them!
I mean sit and stare at them, waiting for them to do something cute. I caught myself doing this to my six-month-old grand daughter this week and wondered how she felt about always being stared at.
After all if I sat in the living room and stared at my hubby or daughter that way, they’d get downright fidgety. In less than a minute, they’d be swiping at their noses, thinking they had something on their face, saying, “What? What?”
Think about it. It's a wonder babies don't get a complex from how people stare at them!
October 11, 2011
Unlawfully Wedded Bride - Character Interview
I have the pleasure of introducing to you to a young debut author with Love Inspired Historicals, Noelle Marchand, and her endearing heroine.
Noelle Marchand's love of literature began as a child when she would spend hours reading beneath the covers long after she was supposed to be asleep. Over the years, God began prompting her to write by placing ideas for stories in her head. Eventually,
Noelle Marchand's love of literature began as a child when she would spend hours reading beneath the covers long after she was supposed to be asleep. Over the years, God began prompting her to write by placing ideas for stories in her head. Eventually,
