Archive for June, 2006

An etiquette question…

Friday, June 30th, 2006

So I’ve been weeding through my bookshelves. Weeding is too mild a word, actually—taking a turbocharged weedwhacker to them is more like it.
One thing I discovered is that I have duplicates of some of my favorite books because I later got signed copies and there is no way in hell they’re going to the […]

Method again

Friday, June 30th, 2006

In a chat tonight (last night? It’s 1:30 in the morning) the method of “movie in the head” came up.
Now, while it may not seem to jive all that well with my little XXs (yesterday’s entry), I see my books as movies in my head. The reason I write out of order is that […]

If it ain’t broke…

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

If I’ve learned one thing during the last couple of books I’ve written, it’s to stop trying to fix what isn’t broken. One thing I wanted to change about my process was writing snippets of scenes out of order. I wanted to start with chapter one and write straight through to the end. Well…nope. […]

And it’s…outta here

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Sparky is finished and submitted!
(Umm, no, that’s not its real title, but it’ll always be Sparky to me.)
I’ve gotta say, even if it’s passed on, it feels so good to have finished it!
*ding*
Next!

Things that make you say hmmmm…

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

There’s been a whole lot of stuff making me scratch my head and think on the net lately.
Flame wars, reactive sugar overdoses, publishing decisions that make one wonder who exactly is off what rocker. Maybe it’s the heat, but I’m taking this as a sign I need to put my head down and write […]

Behind the scenes

Monday, June 26th, 2006

I finally got the behind the scenes page up for 72 Hours! If you’d like to see what the characters look like in my head, check it out here.
There’s a little more I’d like to say, but I’m not sure if I should tweak the existing page, or if I want to […]

BenGay is my new BFF

Monday, June 26th, 2006

I’m back. I’m sore—can barely move my shoulders at all. But I had mud from the tips of my boots to my hair, so it was so worth it.
I’ve also been reading! Back on June 7th, I said:
I’ve picked up and put down about 20 different romances in the last […]

Blowing this popcorn stand!

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

We’d made last minute arrangements with grammy to watch the kids—a sleepover tonight and pickup tomorrow evening. We were going to—last minute—go to the Canadian Grand Prix. Yeah, well, it sold out.
Desperate to not lose my day off, I suggested ATV-ing sans kids. So we’re heading out, dumping the kids, crashing in a […]

Filler…

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

I have a blog entry in draft form touching on some of the crap going around the blogosphere right now, but it’s hot, I’ve got a headache, and I don’t want to talk about it after all. Maybe tomorrow. I just don’t have the energy.
Check out the sidebar over there —–> for more […]

A contest!

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Hey, Sharon is holding a contest over at Writeminded to win a copy of 72 Hours! (Actually you win a gift certificate to mybookstoreandmore.com). How COOL is that?
Go…win! :grin: