Merry Farmer's Blog, page 26
February 17, 2014
How To Save A Life In The 19th Century
Tomorrow is Release Day for my latest Montana Romance novella, Seeks For Her! I had a lot of fun coming up with a story for two minor characters in other Montana Romance books, specifically Rebecca Turner (Grover’s mom, who was featured in The Indomitable Eve) and Dr. Thomas “Seeks For Her” Smith, who is the […]
February 12, 2014
How To Deliver Backstory Without Dumping It
If there is one thing when I read a book that irritates me more than nails on a proverbial chalkboard, it’s when the author resorts to backstory dump to fill the reader in on important details. Yes, sometimes there are pieces of information that it is absolutely crucial for the reader to know, but telling […]
February 10, 2014
Powerless
When the power went out at roughly 2:45am on Wednesday morning last week, I was certain it would come back on within a few minutes. After all, I’ve lived in this apartment complex for about 10 years, and the longest my power had ever been out before was 20 minutes. When it was still off […]
February 7, 2014
21st Century Community
So I have a theory. It’s a theory about people in the 21st century and what we think normal is, a theory about how the internet has changed all that. I’m interested in opinions about this theory. A few months back, I taught a writing class at my church. I intend to teach a lot […]
February 5, 2014
The Most Awesome Thing About Self-Publishing…That No One Is Talking About
So last week I was completely obsessed with the epic Q&A blog post and comments between Joe Konrath and Steven Zacharius, CEO of Kensington, on Joe’s blog. And when I say epic, I mean that I copied and pasted it into a Word document for easier reading and it was over 20,000 words. That’s a […]
February 3, 2014
2014 Books #3 – #7
Yes, I have been reading! Oh boy, have I been reading. The thing is, for various reasons, I’m not allowed to overtly discuss the books that have been taking up my time. Maybe someday, for some of them at least, but not all of them. But what to do? I got so used to writing […]
January 30, 2014
Selfishness and the Writer
Reblogged from Merry Farmer: It takes drive and dedication to write and publish a novel. That much everyone knows. If you’re going to reach for the brass ring and write something that people will want to buy, that they will want to tell their friends to buy, you’re going to have to put in some […]
January 24, 2014
Gatekeepers are SO 20th Century!
The awesome thing about living a life that spans two centuries is that I’ve lived enough in two major, different eras to have a personal understanding of a fairly big chunk of time. Add to that having studied history since college, particularly the 19th century, and, well, it provides a pretty sweet perspective. It goes […]
January 22, 2014
Reviews Revisited
A couple of weeks ago, I got into an interesting conversation with some of my RWA chapter-mates. I had asked for ideas on how to get more reviews for my books. Not an unusual question and one that was designed to start a discussion. And a discussion was exactly what I got! Quite an interesting […]
January 20, 2014
Living in Sod Houses
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. People who lived in sod houses, however, could throw just about anything. I happen to really like sod houses. I think my first brush with this particularly ingenious form of architecture was through reading the Little House on the Prairie series. I thought it was just […]
