Darnit - I hate being a grown-up. But here’s the thing… I realized this last week that I was using NaNoWriMo as a procrastination technique instead of working on revisions for my manuscript #2. That is NOT a good plan and was the easy way out. So after some pep talks from those who love [...]

Folks, the insanity of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) started yesterday. So far, my insanity level has been low because I’ve taken it easy. I had the extreme thrill (NOT) of spending Thursday night in the emergency room with a Satanic kidney stone, so I’ve been a little slow moving the last few days. But [...]

I recently participated in April Kihlstrom’s wonderful online class on the topic of “Book in a Week”. Unfortunately, during the official week of writing I was unable to participate due to some work scheduling issues. So, I started my own Week today, along with my friend Michelle. Today’s output was less than stellar, but I [...]

We have a lot of wonderful authors in our Austin RWA chapter and one of them is Julie Kenner. Today she posted her First Sale story on Dear Author and it’s a great one, so I thought I’d share. Enjoy!

A fellow member of my critique group shared with us a great link from the website “Advanced Fiction Writing” by Randy Ingermanson. I love this article! Please be sure and keep reading until you get to the “About Those Pesky Rules” section. This is where it really all came together for me. I finally have [...]

This week I had one of those wonderful moments where it was clear WHY I love being a member of the Romance Writers of America. On Tuesday night at our Austin chapter meeting I was telling my friend Julia about the details of the editor appointment I had at the National Conference. Julia told me [...]

I’m happy to report that I believe my editor pitch went well! She had several ideas for pumping up my plot and I’m more than happy to incorporate them and send her a new synopsis. No names posted yet about which editor or publishing house… but hopefully in the future I’ll be able to post [...]