Posts tagged: vanessa grant

If You Loved Me

She needed his help to find her son – no matter what the cost! Surgeon Emma Garrett had made sacrifices to follow her dream of becoming a doctor – and yet none was as painful as turning down Gray McKenzie. But not even the threat of losing her greatest love could stop Emma from fulfilling [...]

Wednesday January 25th, 2012 in , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Writing + an effortless life = attainable goal??

This afternoon I followed an EC Sheedy tweet to Leo Babauta’s blog about an effortless life. I’m sceptical of effortless, but I could handle easier,  and when EC posts words of wisdom I generally check it out because she’s – well, wise. I was entranced by Babauta’s blog, and impressed by the power of synchronicity. Last week I [...]

Sunday October 16th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Necessary Lies, Steven Covey, and this writer…

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 [...]

Monday October 10th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Lawrence Block: lies, spiders, and more lies (book reviews)

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 [...]

Sunday September 25th, 2011 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

Yippee! … If You Loved Me

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 [...]

Wednesday September 21st, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

A Hero by Any Other Name

(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 [...]

Monday September 5th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Writing and publishing in 2011, Penwarriors, and the power of pull

EC Sheedy’s blog postings always make me think, and her latest Penwarriors.com posting is no exception EC’s “THE SIDE EFFECTS OF WRITING” got me thinking once again about the universe of publishing, writing, and the tangle of “empowerment + uncertainty” that the explosion of indie publishing has brought to modern writers. I replied to EC’s post [...]

Thursday May 19th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

A Discovery of Witches – Deborah Harkness’ fascinating world

Last week, sitting in Oxford University’s atmospheric Bodleian Library, Dr. Diana Bishop and I brushed fingers over an ancient manuscript … and slipped into the compelling enchantment of Deborah Harkness’s “A Discovery of Witches.”  Harkness drew me more deeply under her spell as she threw each new challenge at her compelling heroine, Diana, a witch [...]

Tuesday May 17th, 2011 in , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Awakening Dreams – a sample

a sample from Awakening Dreams by Vanessa Grant Chapter One For a second, as she came through the door into the unadorned office, she had the impossible thought that the man behind the counter was David. The illusion was fleeting, a product of that first glimpse of the stranger’s dark, luxuriously curling hair. When he [...]

Sunday March 20th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

The Garbage Can Test for Writers

EC Sheedy Tweeted me this afternoon about today’s blog, asking, “Are you doing the “garbage can? A little bit scary for writers, that one ” Although “scary” (and I do agree!), the Garbage Can Test has always come through for me. So, on request from a recent email conversation between Pen Warriors, here’s the Garbage Can [...]

Sunday February 6th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »
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