LARA and Edits
Tomorrow I get to speak at the Los Angeles Romance Authors' chapter meeting as one of the folks who received a contract in 2010. I'm excited - it's taken me long enough to get there - but I'm also conflicted about the time it'll take, as I need to complete the...
Holiday Traditions – The Tree
In my house, we have always had a live Christmas tree. Tall, piney, sometimes lopsided and wobbly, I can never remember not having a live tree. The year my hubby and I celebrated our "first married" Christmas, we were in Seattle. He was on tour, I came out to visit...
Holiday Cooking…
I'm in a strange kind of limbo right now. Waiting for edits and stalled on my current book, the writing muse is hiding right now (probably because I don't really believe in her and she's pissed off). When I'm in limbo, I tend to cook. In this case, since my family...
Top three writer sites, IMO
In the last sixty days, I've been introduced - and influenced by - three writer sites/blogs. Yes, I know there are a ton more out there, and everyone has their favorites - but these are mine. First up has to be Holly Lisle. I subscribe to her newsletter - she has...
And it’s off…
to the editor, that is! I sent the book this morning, in a rush as I had to get to work. And the entire time I was making phone calls today, I was kicking myself about bits and pieces I hadn't changed. Sigh. I suppose the book is never complete - there's always a...
Reviews and marketing and blogs, oh my…
The amount I don't know about being published is astonishing. Getting a book pre-reviewed is the way to go, especially with a smaller publishing house. A good way to build up word of mouth. It makes sense, but how...? Luckily, I work with an incredible group of...
Six weeks…
I'm aiming to finish this novel in six weeks. 15K a week. 3K a day. I know I can do this, as two summers ago within five weeks I wrote over 140k on two different, complete novels. So I know I can do it. Plus, that will give me time to rewrite before turning it in -...
Signed, sealed, sent…
This morning I had the absolute joy of carefully reading each word in the contract, printing it out, then signing it and sending it off to the publisher. Whee! They say you never forget your first time...I can swear I won't forget mine. Back to writing!