As you know, I’m on the road a lot. I tend to accompany my husband on business trips at least once a month, sometimes more. And between times we travel to see our kids and our granddaughter, too. Sometimes I get frustrated because I never seem to get as much writing done as I would like on those trips. Mostly it’s the travel days that upend me, but it is other days as well. Days where I debate … [Read more...]
Labor Day
I’ve learned over the more than 30 years that I’ve been writing, that I need to get away from my desk from time to time and refresh my creative juices. So, over the Labor Day weekend my husband and I decided to go on a short adventure in his little red sports car. It’s such a fun, liberating feeling to ride with the top down, with the view open to the vast, infinite sky! I not only have a new … [Read more...]
Finishing Well
Hi friends, Always happy to spend my Wednesdays with you. Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy schedule to drop by and say hi. Please know how much I appreciate it. I recently turned in my rough draft of The Crushing Depths—the second book in my Coastal Guardian’s series. It was a long process mainly because I have a very unique (most say crazy, I prefer unique or … [Read more...]
A Lesson in Storytelling
Our two-week respite from travel just happened to coincide with Alfred Hitchcock week at the annual Summer Classic Film series in town. We ended up seeing four Hitchcock films in four days—two of which we saw back-to-back in a double feature! Watching several Hitchcock films in such a short amount of time really drove home his storytelling style. As I talked through the things that struck me in … [Read more...]
Deadline Day
August 15 - Deadline Day. Since my first book contract, signed back in 2009, I have always had a book due on August 15. My own personal D-Day. It's a day I look forward to with both dread and excitement. It's a day that seems far off for most the year then races across the calendar at light speed once we get to about June. I am proud to say that I've never missed a deadline, but some … [Read more...]
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