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A Writer Needs….

*Three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.* - William Faulkner
Experience - At some point we were all beginners, but we had to fine-tune our craft, learn about POV, what makes a good hero and heroine, goal, motivation and conflict, [...]

Guilt

I am a purveyor of guilt, in all it’s finer forms. The gut-twist, which happens at three in the morning as you realise you didn’t call your mother. The little thrill of guilt when you hang up on a telemarketter, knowing it’s bad, but people will applaud you for it if you tell them what [...]

Beginning, Middle, End

Writing is hard work. We all have different processes, different highs and lows when we’re writing. I’m always interested in hearing about other people’s triumphs and tribulations when they are working on a new project. Maybe it’s the rubber necker in me. I like to think it’s more a commiseration thing though lol.
I tend [...]

Cute cliches

(Missing the accent mark. Ah well. You’ll all pretend it’s there, right?)
We know about a lot of the cliches in romance novels. The secret baby. The modern-day cowboy. The amnesiac hero with the psychopathic stalker. They’re things that some of us love, and some of us groan over.
I’m currently working on a book with [...]

Hi, I’m Shelli! And Tina. And Becky.

I’ve been thinking lately about one of those issues that an author can face. What to do when you write different genres of romance. I think it used to be pretty common, and maybe it still is, that you chose a different pen name. But is that really so important nowadays?
Over the weekend I just [...]

Motivations

Today I flew back from 5 days of interviewing and vacationing in California. Loooong trip, but worth it to see my family. I miss them like crazy. But, I digress from the point of this blog. Motivation.
You see I was on the plane tonight with a guy who was madly scribbling in a little book. [...]

Don’t You Want To Tell People Sometimes To….

Not visit. I don*t want to clean, cook, or get you a cup of juice right now. Leave me alone. I JUST WANT TO WRITE!!! That*s how I feel right now. At this very moment, I am stopping in the middle of cleaning my house so I can post…because I*m already late doing so. My [...]

Bosses, underlings, and believability

I thought I’d follow up with my post from last week. (For those of you who missed it, it’s here) For a quick summary: How on earth do you take people you work with seriously when you’ve seen them tanked out of their tree. Does it make them more ‘human’ or just pitiable?
Well, I’ve decided [...]

Music and the Muse

I just finished a couple of novella projects and I’m getting ready to go full swing ahead on some single title projects. One is a revision and the other is a paranormal/urban fantasy wip. I like to get all organized before I really dive into something, so the past couple of days I’ve been typing [...]

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