Everyone is hunkered down at home with time on their hands. Yet many of us are finding it difficult to put words to paper and instead are hauling out puzzles, posting pet videos, and inventing recipes based on whatever we have in the fridge. Me? I’m shamelessly binge-watching shows that highlight creative types, from Netflix’s…
At first it seemed that being forced indoors, laid off work, and practicing social distancing would foster my creative endeavors. Just imagine what I could do with loads of free time alone—time to finish abandoned projects, to bolster my research, to type the stack of story notes languishing atop the file cabinet, and to expand…
So I gather you are like me, cooped up in your house and wanting something to do. You’ve read all the books on your shelves and you don’t know what to read now. Well, here I am to the rescue with some timely choices! Originally I wanted to call this blog “Great historical fiction from…
I choose to believe Colorado Gold will happen, come September. I choose to believe that we’ll figure out a new something by then—new rules of gathering, let’s say. I choose to believe we’ll start to put this pandemic behind us. And when Colorado Gold rolls around, if you’re an unpublished writer, you don’t want to…
Writing In The Time Of Pandemic Distraction is the enemy of any writer.You sit down at the desk or open your laptop with the best intentions of working on your latest manuscript. Instead, you find yourself called to play online games, scroll through Facebook, Twitter feeds or Instagram. To obsessively check your latest book’s ranking…