Archive for November, 2008
« Previous EntriesHappy Turkey Day!
Here in the U.S., it’s the week of turkey, gravy, stuff, and giving thanks for the good stuff in your life. (Though Rowan tells us they celebrate it earlier in the Great White North)
Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving from The Novelty Girls!
Something to entertain you this week while we’re away eating way too much!
You Are The Stuffing
You’re [...]
Take My Advice….I’m Not Using It
I’ve gotten some fabulous advice that has helped me get through the tough times as a writer.
Don’t Chase The Market
By the time I figure out a trend, it’s over. Besides, I can tell the difference between what I write because it’s “what sells” and what I write from my heart. I prefer the latter. I’m [...]
OK…Tell Me That One More Time
I’ve been given loads of advice since I started writing. Some of it has stuck with me…some, not so much.
You should always: Plot, Do Character Sheets, Only Write in One Genre, Never Edit While You Write, etc.
Eh…well, maybe. At first I used to be a true panster. The general idea of the story was always [...]
Advice
I’ve been handed a lot of shit advice in this bizness, so I’m going to give you a quick rundown on things NOT to listen to:
1. Your genre is dead.
In all likelihood, your genre has been renamed, moved, or is not currently selling like hotcakes. Give it a year. Or five. But if you [...]
The Most Useful Advice
I’ve gotten a lot of good advice from people over the years. That said, I’d have a hard time picking the best piece, because different suggestions have helped me at different phases in my writing career. Early on, I was encouraged to “Let [myself] write crap,” because I could always revise later. That helped me [...]
Most Useful Writing Advice
This week we’ll be talking about the most useful piece of writing advice we’ve ever been given.
Mine?
Write every day.
No piece of advice, warning, encouragement, or flattery about my writing has ever been as important as that one. The reason it’s so important is because the more you write, the more you train your brain to [...]
My First Romance? And I Still Own it.
My mother was a huge Harlequin junkie and I stole her books. They were easy to read and boy, did I learn a lot from them. LOL.
This one is still on my bookshelf. I loved it because Judith is such a complex and beautiful person. The story of “Cherish This Wayward Heart” is bittersweet. [...]
Ditto…Who Can Remember That Far Back?
I sure as heck can’t. I only remember that it used to drive me nuts when I walked into a room to talk to my mom and she didn’t “hear” me because she was reading and I couldn’t get her attention. It was a scottish historical … or maybe highlander … but after she told [...]
Rowan’s First
Like Nonny, I was a fantasy reader long before anything else. So it was hard for anything else to catch my attention. My sister tried giving me a few contemporary romances, but…I didn’t get it. Where was the worldbuilding and the fun and the interesting stuff?
My mom gave me one of these books to try. [...]
Who can remember that far back?
I don’t remember the first romance I read but Johanna Lindsey’s Love Only Once was one of the books that got me hooked on the genre.
Sorry, no cover!
The Malorys
A family of dashing rogues and rakehell adventurers –– and ladies of uncommon beauty and incomparable spirit –– their amorous exploits are spoken of in [...]
