Fiona Harper's Blog, page 3
May 25, 2012
Brain dead and beautiful cover
Am finishing book. Words all used up. Told daughter my brain is like a busy hardrive and there's only so much processing power left, so she has to talk in monosyllables if she wants me to understand. And, oh yes, that she needs to poke me if she wants an answer because the words are all in my head and not coming out the hole in the front of my face.In the meantime, until regular service resumes, I've got a new cover! Here's the US cover to Always The Best Man:
And here's the blurb:
T...
And here's the blurb:
T...
May 16, 2012
The road to nowhere...
I'm over at the Pink Heart Society today. It's part five of my series on story structure and character arc and I'm talking fun and games with crickets and tumbleweed.
May 15, 2012
Hello, Your Majesty...
I haven't got any writing done today - yet. Mainly because I spent most of this morning freezing my behind off waiting to see the Queen with my youngest, who'd been given the morning off school for the privilige. Here's a couple of pics:
May 12, 2012
Cover contest
I'm proud to say that the North American edition of Swept Off Her Stilettos is up for the Cover Cafe's 2011 cover contest!
Now, while I can't claim to have had anything to do with the design of the actual cover, it did straight from a description I filled into my Art Fact Sheet, and the artist interpreted it pretty faithfully. I really like it when my covers are recognisable as a scene from the book.
If you want to vote, you can find the page here. Be aware that you have to vote in three catego...
Now, while I can't claim to have had anything to do with the design of the actual cover, it did straight from a description I filled into my Art Fact Sheet, and the artist interpreted it pretty faithfully. I really like it when my covers are recognisable as a scene from the book.If you want to vote, you can find the page here. Be aware that you have to vote in three catego...
May 4, 2012
Good news!
Wow. Just wow.
I've just had an email to let me know that both books that I entered in the Golden Quill contest have made the final cut this year!
I've just had an email to let me know that both books that I entered in the Golden Quill contest have made the final cut this year!
April 24, 2012
Eek! and Ahhhhh...
Eek!
Right. Have six weeks to write the next book. (gulp) That's only 34 writing days, cos I have one day a week off - necessary to stop brain overheating. While 1500 words per day doesn't sound like a lot, it's still going to be tight.
It's not getting the words down on paper that's the problem; it's doing all the behind the scenes work so I know where I'm going with it. Once that's sorted, the word count is easy. Oh, if only the story wrangling was as simple!
Ahhhh...
The upside is that I've...
Right. Have six weeks to write the next book. (gulp) That's only 34 writing days, cos I have one day a week off - necessary to stop brain overheating. While 1500 words per day doesn't sound like a lot, it's still going to be tight.
It's not getting the words down on paper that's the problem; it's doing all the behind the scenes work so I know where I'm going with it. Once that's sorted, the word count is easy. Oh, if only the story wrangling was as simple!
Ahhhh...
The upside is that I've...
March 22, 2012
New tricks for an old dog
Keeping all the threads of a story in your head in the proper place when you're trying to revise and edit can be tricky - a bit like juggling a dozen balls at once. I often find I miss things if I don't do something to cement it into my head, especially in the rewriting process.
So today I decided to do something new. I've been digging deeper into my characters and pulling out their internal motivation, but I'm now on my TENTH draft of this book, and I keep forgetting what I've put in, what I'...
So today I decided to do something new. I've been digging deeper into my characters and pulling out their internal motivation, but I'm now on my TENTH draft of this book, and I keep forgetting what I've put in, what I'...
March 17, 2012
Another revisions comparison
Earler this week I said revisions were like unravelling knitting. Now I have decided these revisions are a little more extensive - like remodelling a house.
Move this wall, build that wall there, change where the door is... Heck, is anything holding the ceiling up?
I'm reminded of the scene in Sleepless in Seattle, where Tom Hanks dicusses working on designing a house and the client keeps wanting to change things and there's a running joke that they can do it but it always involves changing th...
Move this wall, build that wall there, change where the door is... Heck, is anything holding the ceiling up?
I'm reminded of the scene in Sleepless in Seattle, where Tom Hanks dicusses working on designing a house and the client keeps wanting to change things and there's a running joke that they can do it but it always involves changing th...
March 12, 2012
Revisions and knitting
I'm in the middle of revising my current work-in-progress, Snowbound with the Earl. I have decided that revising a book is a bit like unpicking a home-knitted jumper that didn't quite go right. You have to unpick all those threads you wove together to tweak some, cut some out, or add some new ones in, and I'm at the part in the process where I've pulled the book apart, and I'm looking at a mess of spaghetti, thinking, 'How the heck am I going to put that back together? Where do I start?'
Not s...
Not s...
December 3, 2011
Harlequin Authors blog
Just dropping by to say that the Harlequin Romance authors are relaunching our blog and website, and to celebrate we've got giveaways and recipes every day!
Pop on over: http://www.harlequinromanceauthors.com/
Today it's Liz Fielding and her gorgeous shortbread recipe!
Pop on over: http://www.harlequinromanceauthors.com/
Today it's Liz Fielding and her gorgeous shortbread recipe!
