(This post also appeared at PenWarriors.com) It’s January and I’m plotting my life in 2012. As with most tales, there’s a backstory: SETTING: Vanessa’s newly remodelled study. Fresh paint, new carpet, several years of hoarding cleared out. Time: mid-December GREMLIN (Vanessa’s internal critic): Here it is 2012 and you’ve got a todo list the size [...]
I expected to have this new edition of one of my favourite romances up back in September, but when I started editing the manuscript in preparation for the new release, I couldn’t resist making a few small changes – then one thing led to another, and here it is, almost the end of December. Storm is [...]
This blog first appeared at PenWarriors.com The novel I’m now working on – Truth to Tell (TTT) – has surpassed all my other books by having the longest gestation period on record. I conceived of the idea over two years ago when I wrote a couple of scenes, then stalled and put it aside to [...]
Telling Lies for Fun & Profit: A Manual for Fiction Writers by Lawrence Block My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read Telling Lies for Fun and Profit in the early 1980s, a couple of years after I’d decided to put aside my attempts to write a publishable fiction novel for a while.I knew I [...]
Yesterday I received the almost-ready-to-publish-as-an-ebook file of If You Loved Me, a novel of mine originally published by Zebra Bouquet (Kensington Books). I love this story and I’m so pumped to know it will soon be available once again! Originally I wrote it for Mills and Boon Harlequin, but my editor there wanted me to [...]
Ah, breakdowns … The word breakdown instantly flashes associations of misfortune and unpleasantness to my mind – images ranging from boring (not to mention worried) hours spent hanging around the inhospitable quarters of a mechanic’s repair shop in a strange city, to the bizarre experiences of a woman incarcerated in a mental institution for finally losing [...]
(Also posted at PenWarriors.com) If fictional characters had to pay real dollars for therapy, a few of mine would be bankrupt and suffering from multiple identity disorder. Even I’m confused about the identity of the hero of my seventh published book. Andrew, Takeover Man‘s hero, stormed into town to reorganize his aging father’s life and [...]
I’ve just released The Broken Gate, a new short story. The Broken Gate Jennifer Sandborn fled personal tragedy to serve as a humanitarian aid worker, promising her husband she would return in a few months. Two years later she returns in the middle of the night. Everything feels familiar, but nothing is the same. “Tomorrow [...]
Last week I spent eight days at a wilderness star party in a comfortable motorhome on top of Mt. Kobau. Star parties are designed for people like my husband who love to stay up late viewing and photographing stars, and then sleep all morning, followed by an afternoon talking with other enthusiasts about stars, nebulae, [...]
So Much for Dreams The Senorita and the Drifter … What happens when a drifter running from his past rescues a woman who can’t speak Spanish from a cluster of admiring Mexican men? The last thing Joe wants is to fall for a woman who craves commitments and can’t refuse a cry for help, but [...]
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