Phew! What a nightmarish week it’s been! Instead of complaining first, I’ll start you off with a joke: what do you call a place where it’s blizzarding and snowing sideways one week, and sunny and 70 degrees the next? COLORADO! Holee shit – I drove home in the stupid blizzard last week (after a lovely […]
Good News and Bad News
Good news: I’m about a day or two away from ordering the first proof copy of Quiet on the Set! Bad news: I’m pushing the release date back to March 28th. It has been a busy couple of weeks! I’ve been scrambling trying to finish my editing on the book and I finally feel really […]
And the Winner Is… New Title and Cover Reveal!
Wow, it seems like it’s taken me ages to get this far! But, I’ve settled on three key components for the upcoming release of my book! Just a quick update: so far, I still have every intention of releasing the book on the 19th of March, BUT, it won’t be official until I list my […]
Dates: The Waiting Game
No, I’m not talking about relationships. I’m talking about scheduling: setting dates and goals for yourself to get things done within a reasonable time frame. I just looked at my original time frame on where I wanted to be with my edit-in-progress, and according to that, the book should have been coming out next week! […]
Pacing: Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Pacing: it’s one of the most challenging things in a story. On the one hand, you have to keep the story moving along to keep the reader interested. At the same time, you have to slow things down periodically to give the reader a chance to absorb what they’ve read, and maybe summarize things a […]
Week 4 NaNoWrimo Update and More: It’s Going to Be a Long Winter
If you know your movies, you know that one’s from American Outlaws, starring a few of my favs, Colin Farrell (In Bruges), Gabriel Macht (USA’s Suits), and Scott Caan (CBS’s Hawaii Five-0). The quote itself, however, is actually Timothy Dalton’s in the film. In any case, I am busy, busy, busy, though that’s pretty much […]
Week 3 NaNoWriMo Update: Writing Yourself Into a Corner
So this is late. Again. But I think I have the holiday as an excuse this time. This week’s Nano-ing went a little better–I was at least meeting my word count goals better than the week before. The answers: 1) I had to trim my fingernails for my hands to keep up my usual WPM; […]
Week 2 NaNoWriMo Update: And the Bottom Drops Out
This post is a little late, considering week 2 started a couple days ago. Needless to say, I’ve fallen way behind this week on just about everything, including sleep. I just started a new part-time job on Tuesday, and trying to keep up with Nano, my internship, my blogs, and my freelance work with only […]
Week 1 NaNoWriMo Update: Progress!
The first week is over, but, I am kicking some serious novel-writing butt so far! I was so afraid that I wasn’t going to be able to find time this year with everything else I had going on, that I think I overcompensated. It did help that Thursday night’s TV line-up was limited to just […]
The Inside Scoop on Upcoming Release: Unscripted (Tentative)
Here is the first look at the next book on the publishing list: Unscripted. This is a story I wrote a couple of years ago. It’s a new adult contemporary romance, with a strong, smart, talented female lead. Rylie Cates is an aspiring screenwriter living in Maine. The story begins with a phone call telling […]