Archive for August, 2006
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I’ve been on this tear, lately, about trying to get the word out about books that don’t sizzle.
Wait. Let me step back. These books can sizzle. There is often enough sexual tension to melt candles in some of the books I’ve read. What makes them different, what makes them sadly (in [...]
Orbs… my new passion
So I just got back from a weekend with my friend. We both have kids about the same age, and we love getting them together to play. And of course I was camera happy. So I was uploading the pics onto my computer, when one of them struck me as odd. My daughter and her [...]
I have arrived
As a writer, you can go for decades without every recieving an acceptance letter. You might submit to contests, agents, editors, publishers and everyone else you can think of and still never get that first acceptance. If you keep at it, you may finally rake in that first golden ticket.
So, if you don’t get a [...]
The Novelty of Acceptance
Almost every writer dreams of the day they’ll receive an acceptance letter or “The Call” from an agent or editor — but at what point does the novelty wear off? I know it sounds crazy. I mean, if it’s your dream, then why would you ever get tired of it? It’d be just as exciting [...]
The Writing Sickness
At least that’s what Delle Jacob’s calls it. That all consuming need we as writers have to create. We forgo time with our family, friends, skip the laundry, order out fast food, don’t clean the bathroom. Our TBR pile reaches up to the ceiling waiting for us to shrink it down to a normal size [...]
Professionalism
This weekend, I’m going on an adventure. My husband’s Boss hosts a summer party at his cabin by the lake. There are serious amounts of alcohol, and it is free-flowing. Everyone sits, drinks, talks, and goofs off…it’s basically like those parties I was never invited to in high school, but heard about the Morning After.
Maybe [...]
We Have New Clothes!
Well, The Novelty Girls blog has a new look at least. *g* I think all TNG’s are happy with it. If they aren’t, they ain’t sayin’;) We all picked an image to represent us or our work for the header. Who’s who? I’m not saying but I think guessing would make an interesting blog contest. [...]
How long is too long?
I was talking with another writer friend today, one who’s successfully published multiple print books. Granted her career is pretty new yet, but she’s doing well. And our conversation turned toward epublishing.
I noted that it seemed to me to be a length beyond which people are uncomfortable reading electronic books. Books of 20K [...]
A bit late…
So I’m running a bit late with this post, and with a whole bunch of other things. This got me thinking about deadlines. In writing, we seem to have a deadline for everything. Contests, publishers, editors, agents, submissions. It’s one never ending deadline.
And it only gets worse the more successful you become.
The more you sell, [...]
A voice of their own
Hello, my name is Jodie and I’m the guest blogger today on TNG.
Ever here about those moments where the ‘hero’ of an authors upcoming book just came to them in a dream? Well, that doesn’t happen to me. They visit me in the shower! *insert terrified scream and panicked covering* Ok, well, now that really [...]
