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March 24, 2010
One liners
Here's the thing.
I'm going to be working on 3 different projects over the next month.
Which means you're unlikely to get long, verbose posts from me for a while.Instead, I'll rely on pictures (hot guy alert!) and one liners.
I'll leave all the talking to you.
I'm going to be working on 3 different projects over the next month.
Which means you're unlikely to get long, verbose posts from me for a while.Instead, I'll rely on pictures (hot guy alert!) and one liners.
I'll leave all the talking to you.
March 23, 2010
THE WRITE WHISPER: Playlists
Many authors write to music. I'm not one of them. After a day filled with noisy-traffic during busy school runs, exuberant toddler, chatty hubby-my sanctuary at night is my office, where I sit in blissful silence and start writing. Not that I haven't tried.I've played around with 'hot' music for sex scenes, Bollywood music while writing my RT award nominee set in India and general chill out stuff. Don't like it.The music ends up being an annoyance and a distraction from my characters. Maybe...
March 22, 2010
A healthy distraction
Synopsis for 'exciting project' has now winged it's way to London for company approval.
Never had to do an outline for a company rather than a publisher or agent, so will be interesting to see what they think.
Having this man to inspire my hero helped speed the whole process.
Though rather annoying, as I'm trying to plow through revisions for GETTING WILD WITH THE BOSS, I keep having scene flashes of his story...distracting!
Never had to do an outline for a company rather than a publisher or agent, so will be interesting to see what they think.
Having this man to inspire my hero helped speed the whole process.
Though rather annoying, as I'm trying to plow through revisions for GETTING WILD WITH THE BOSS, I keep having scene flashes of his story...distracting!
March 21, 2010
Readers at Home conference
What do tons of authors, tons of prizes, tons of hotties and tons of readers have in common?
They're attending the first ever Readers at Home Conference !
During the week of April 26-30, authors and readers will converge on Lucy Monroe's blog to celebrate their favorite genre – romance!
We are giving away Swag Bags to the first 50 readers who register for the conference. To register, all you have to do is send an email to Lucy Monroe with your name and mailing address (for the Swag Bag) stating y...
They're attending the first ever Readers at Home Conference !
During the week of April 26-30, authors and readers will converge on Lucy Monroe's blog to celebrate their favorite genre – romance!
We are giving away Swag Bags to the first 50 readers who register for the conference. To register, all you have to do is send an email to Lucy Monroe with your name and mailing address (for the Swag Bag) stating y...
March 19, 2010
Weekend Book Club
I'm an avid reader.
And I know for a fact many of you are too.
So how about we start our very own Weekend Book Club? Chat about what you're reading this week, any recommendations, whatever! Let's just have fun. For me this week, it's one of my favourite authors, Susan Elizabeth Phillips.
'What I Did for Love' is another stellar book, filled with snappy dialogue, richly drawn characters and a plot that keeps you turning pages. The highlight for me was Bram, the hero, who totally played up...
March 18, 2010
Can tooth fairies cry?
Much excitement in our household yesterday.
Kidlet's first tooth fell out!
Waiting for him to come out of school, I saw him duck into the loos with his entourage of girls waiting outside. Hmmm...interesting. When he took a while, I asked what was going on and they animatedly explained his tooth was about to fall out. Apparently he had a few mates in there 'helping' to pull it out.
Much to the girls' disappointment, it didn't happen then.
But half an hour later at the grandparents', while snack...
Kidlet's first tooth fell out!
Waiting for him to come out of school, I saw him duck into the loos with his entourage of girls waiting outside. Hmmm...interesting. When he took a while, I asked what was going on and they animatedly explained his tooth was about to fall out. Apparently he had a few mates in there 'helping' to pull it out.
Much to the girls' disappointment, it didn't happen then.
But half an hour later at the grandparents', while snack...
March 17, 2010
A day for odd bods
Yesterday, I ended up spending lots of time in my car, driving from one appointment to another, school runs, errands, etc...
In the past, bumper stickers have sparked ideas in my buzzing head and yesterday, several oddities made me wonder...
1) White car parked at traffic lights. Hot guy takes off his shirt. Extremely buff. Checks himself out in rear vision mirror. Then puts the exact same shirt back on.
2) Lady in car in front of me, down a major 3 lane road in bumper to bumper peak hour tr...
In the past, bumper stickers have sparked ideas in my buzzing head and yesterday, several oddities made me wonder...
1) White car parked at traffic lights. Hot guy takes off his shirt. Extremely buff. Checks himself out in rear vision mirror. Then puts the exact same shirt back on.
2) Lady in car in front of me, down a major 3 lane road in bumper to bumper peak hour tr...
March 16, 2010
Head down
Worked very diligently yesterday, letting synopsis for 'exciting project' brew nicely during the day, then sat down last night and worked for 3.5 hours on revisions for GETTING WILD WITH THE BOSS.
I cut, layered, slotted in 30 pages in that time and the story is evolving nicely.
And after my call out yesterday I now have a heroine for 'exciting project'.
I cut, layered, slotted in 30 pages in that time and the story is evolving nicely.
And after my call out yesterday I now have a heroine for 'exciting project'.
I'd never heard of Kaley Cuoco, but she's a perfect fit for my heroine Rachel.
Thanks a bunch, Kerrin! For your inspired suggestion, choose a b...
March 15, 2010
The formative stages
I need to come up with a Mod Heat synopsis ASAP for the 'exciting project'.
After ruminating over the weekend, with a vague idea taking shape in my head, I finally started getting words down last night.
Still no idea of a heroine to inspire me...
As for the hero?
Oh yes, he'll do very nicely!
After ruminating over the weekend, with a vague idea taking shape in my head, I finally started getting words down last night.
Still no idea of a heroine to inspire me...
As for the hero?
Oh yes, he'll do very nicely!
March 14, 2010
When opportunity knocks
When revisions on GETTING WILD WITH THE BOSS arrived late last week, I dived straight in.
Currently, I sit at around 60 pages with the meaty stuff (new scenes to write and a stronger conflict to layer) coming up. Once that book is done, I'll probably only have 5 weeks until my next Romance is due. That book currently stands at 20000 words. Could've all been done at a pinch. Now we get to the interesting part.Saturday morning, I received an email from editor inviting me to be part of an...
Currently, I sit at around 60 pages with the meaty stuff (new scenes to write and a stronger conflict to layer) coming up. Once that book is done, I'll probably only have 5 weeks until my next Romance is due. That book currently stands at 20000 words. Could've all been done at a pinch. Now we get to the interesting part.Saturday morning, I received an email from editor inviting me to be part of an...
