I am revising the novel that I mostly refer to as my third. Or, “the dating coach book.” I had forgotten the whole revision roller coaster. During the DM marathon with Ruthie Knox yesterday that caused Twitter to cut me … Continue reading
Moving three thousand miles is a life-altering experience, and I haven’t actually left home yet. I’m wary of all the lessons this move still has to teach me about who I am and the strength I never suspected I possessed. … Continue reading
The plot of my next novel hinges on a fight between the hero and heroine on a complicated battleground. Not as complicated as brain surgery or rocket science, but complicated enough that I was pretty sure I couldn’t learn everything … Continue reading
A fabulous writer friend of mine has been trying to wake up early so she can get more writing done. Talking to her about her difficulties made me realize that I’ve learned a lot about early-morning writing since I first … Continue reading
Everything I know about success, I learned from Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, which argues that “talent” is more a matter of luck than we’d like to think. It has to do with when and where you’re born and how early and … Continue reading
This weekend, I took a twenty-four hour vacation. My husband and I dropped our two children at their cousins’ house and checked into a nearby hotel. We sat for hours by the inn’s fireplace, haunted a local café where we … Continue reading
A wise woman (Actually, it was my novelist mother, but I’ve recently started to think that adults shouldn’t start sentences with “My mom said…”) once told me that there was only one plot in the world. This is not an … Continue reading
I’m so pleased to welcome Ruthie Knox to my blog today! Ruthie’s romance, Ride With Me, releases February 13th as part of Random House’s Loveswept line. You can read a well-written, professional synopsis at the end of this post explaining … Continue reading
My perception of time and progress bears little relationship to reality. Swimming. I swim on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. I try to swim about thirty-six lengths, approximately half a mile. When I first started doing it, I had to stop … Continue reading
I pantsed the heck out of my first romance novel. I had an idea, thought about it for a while, scratched out a one-page outline, and wrote a thousand words a day until it was done. This was the sum … Continue reading