When writing historical novels I find myself as immersed in research books as I am with the writing. Research is one of life’s joys to me. It’s like stepping through a sparkling curtain into the past, and suddenly I’m in another time. If it’s during the nineteenth century, it’s a world in sepia, that soft…
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Naming Your Characters
I’m sure every writer has stories about this. For some, naming characters aren’t important, for others, it’s vital. I’m in the latter category. I write fantasy and fantasy romance and have wended my way (so far) through four series, two are finished, two are continuing. In the “Heart” series (the “Heart” books because they all…
Never Give Up
Write on the days when the words flow as easily as water. Write on the days when it feels like every word has to be dredged up from your toenails. Write on the days when you feel like the painted ship upon a painted sea, when words are sludge and hope is gone and you know for certain that nobody in their right mind will ever read this tripe you’re smearing on the page.
Still Learning
I’m on a borrowed computer at the moment because yesterday I tried to update my system software and it failed. Now the darn thing won’t even boot. Computers are such a pain. So it means a trip to the repair shop later this morning. This post is a continuation of my last post about the…
Immortality – would you really want it?
I first published this post two years ago on another blog, but recently, I got into a discussion about immortality and it made me revisit the subject. I write about immortal characters –vampires and more recently, a siren. If you write about vampires, immortality is a subject you give a lot of thought. It goes…