After three months of radio silence, I’ve got exciting news -my next novel CLIMBING THE LADDER IN HEELS. Cover Reveal tomorrow November 23, 2018. Title: Climbing the Ladder in Heels Genre: New Adult, Chick Lit, Contemporary Romance Release Date: Thursday, November 30, 2017 Cover Designer: Ironwood Publishing
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The first book I wrote was done in about two months. I went to the library and spent the equivalent of a part-time job there, turning out scene after scene. Everyday I would be there at 9AM sharp as the doors opened and by 2PM I would wrap up, grab some lunch and head home.
Along with a good writing routine (which I’ll write about later), one of the most important things I’ve found useful for actually writing are the twin terrors of outlines and schedules. One really follows the other. For a second lets indulge in a fantasy for a second. For people who have never written anything I’m sure they image writers siting down at a typewriter (what decade is this?) and just vomiting out this magnum opus […]
Is there anything as bad as writers block? Yes, writer ADD. You know you have so many great story ideas and characters and you’re not sure where you should start. Or you start writing something and then you become infatuated with another thing at start writing it instead.
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. – not Confucius If you want to make a living writing, you no doubt have done searches as to what the best sellers are of your chosen genre. You might have even done research on what genres sell the best. And I don’t think there is anything wrong with wanting to make a living writing or wanting to […]
I wrote a book and published it, I wrote a short story and published it. I wrote about three and a half books and scrapped them for various reasons. (I’m picking the meat off them for other things and reworking the plots of others to do them justice.) I recently started a companion book to my first book, Shameless (you should go check it out if you haven’t already), and after a good start I […]
November arrived the clock’s rolled back and I am juggling multiple deadlines. While I’m busy completing the second book in the Celebutante series, The Naked Predator. I have to allow time for editing, formatting, etc. but I will announce the launch date soon. Stay tuned! More Than Love needs additional work and I’ve set it aside for the moment to complete the companion to Shameless. I am finalizing the print version and hope to have that available soon. […]
“Write shitty first drafts. You can’t edit a blank page but once those words are down, you can improve on them.” – Anne Lamott
I’m currently writing three books (I’ll post about that later), but I’m making some time to do a writing exercise. I was talking to a friend of mine who draws. I asked him if he had ever redrawn a picture or a whole page by another artist. Many times he told me. I know of many amateur and even professional film makers that have redone a film sequence matching the original shot-by-shot. In the visual […]
