Meg & Matt
Disaster!
OK, it’s not a disaster on the same plane as the Gulf oil spill … but it is a major annoyance. I’ve been editing “Beauty and the Ballplayer.” When I swapped my alternate beginning, I noticed the word count dipped Read more…
Musings
Responsible romance?
A couple of weeks ago, the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood blog (one of my faves) was host to a sometimes heated discussion on safe sex in romance novels. The author of the post, Kelly Fitzpatrick (who you might recognize from yesterday’s Read more…
Contests
Fun in the mail
A box arrived in the mail a couple of weeks ago. It wasn’t full of new books from Amazon … or writing supplies (like I need any more notebooks and pens!). It contained a very cool quilt — a quilt Read more…
Meg & Matt
Broken record?
Again, I say, just because I haven’t been blogging doesn’t mean I’ve been slacking. No, I’ve been busy. I had to trim a five-page synopsis to a single page for the Harlequin American Editor Pitch contest. (Amazing what becomes important Read more…
Contests
Something else to worry about?
Thanks to one of my NARWA sisters, I found another contest to enter … a chance to win a pitch with a Harlequin American editor. Since I’ve long envisioned “Operation Snag Mike Brad” as an American Romance, I decided to Read more…
Bethany & Cody
Ruminating
Isn’t that what they call it when you’re doing a lot of thinking but not much writing? 😉 I’ve been mulling the plot of Bethany & Cody’s story (tentatively titled “Trouble in Paradise” … like that hasn’t been used before! Read more…
Progress
Busy week
Not that I’ve gotten a whole lot of writing done (maybe a couple thousand words) … but I’ve been on the hunt for an agent for “Blind Date Bride.” Exciting stuff, that. I also got some good news from Starbucks: Read more…
Progress
I did it!
No, I didn’t sell my MS … or even sign with an agent. What I did do — no small accomplishment, let me tell you — is surpass my goal to write 100,000 words this year. Yes, I said THIS Read more…
Bethany & Cody
Surprise!
I was enjoying a nice, quiet get-to-know-you lunch with my characters when Bethany dropped a bombshell. Even in “Blind Date Bride,” I knew that Beth was different. She’s the one who tried to get Kari to get in touch with Read more…
Blind Date Bride
Making the rounds
Five queries. Two same-day rejections. I appreciate the prompt replies. I am a little discouraged, but not giving up. I believe in “Blind Date Bride.” And, as “they” say … Rome wasn’t built in a day. I’m going to find Read more…