Betsy Horvath's Blog, page 30

I Did Not Get A Phone Call

Shockingly enough, I did not get a phone call on Monday to tell me that my book was a finalist for the RITA awards. For those of you who are not romance junkies (like me), the RITAs are the awards that the Romance Writers of America (RWA) gives out to published romance novels and novellas [...]

Spring!

This week the forsythia bushes at the Palatial Horvath Estate decided it was spring. The feline occupants of the Estate decided it was spring about three weeks ago when they began merrily shedding all over everything – including me. The ducks and other wildlife visitors to the grounds of the Estate decided it was spring [...]

Advice To The Author As A Young Woman

While perusing Facebook the other day, I saw a post from my editor, Rhonda Helms, saying that she has contributed to an anthology of letters by authors written to their teen selves. That started me thinking. What would I tell my younger self if I could? What advice would I give? Of course, I've already [...]

Headlights and Strobe Lights

Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. E. L. Doctorow When I'm at the point I'm at now in a first draft, I cling to this quote from E. L. Doctorow as if it [...]

"Hope" is the thing with feathers

It is a gorgeous day here at the Palatial Horvath Estate. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, the wind is warm, the forsythia is budding. It's the kind of a spring day that makes you feel like spinning around in a circle with your hands held out while you sing "the hills are [...]

The Importance of Important Things

    Sometimes it's hard to figure out what's actually important.   That hardly seems fair. You'd think you'd know if something was important, wouldn't you? But not everything that seems important actually is. Some things are given importance because they are considered to be urgent, either by you or by somebody else. However, when [...]

A Post About The Book(s)

This is just a quick post to keep you updated on the ebb and flow of my book life. First of all, I  have to mention that my romantic suspense novel, HOLD ME, is STILL available for sale at Carina Press,  Amazon, Barnes and Noble or pretty much anywhere you can buy e-books. It's also available as [...]

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Keeping It Real

I was talking to a friend the other day, complaining about a fact I needed to check for my WIP and trying to decide how to dig out the information. She said, "Why do you care? Why don't you just make it up?" I said something about fiction needing to be grounded in reality, but [...]

The Muse Bulks Up

*drip* *drip* *creeeeeeeaaaaaak*   Wow, it's really dark and empty in here. *Betsy looks around her brain*   *scitter, scatter*   *jumps* What's that?!?!?! Oh!  Oh, it's the video game I just finished. Whew. *Betsy walks a little further into her brain* *footsteps echo* Boy. This is kind of creepy. I should probably go read [...]