I recently read a women’s fiction novel by an author I’ve enjoyed before, Lisa Jewell. It had the usual things she does well: interesting characters, complex relationships, an appealing and well-developed setting. But it had something else, a suspense plot. This “something extra” made it an even more compelling book. The book worked as women’s…
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How Do Online Classes Work?
The answer to this question always makes me smile because I want the first answer to be, “Easily! Seamlessly.” Except, if you’re nervous about a new technology, there may be nothing easy about an online class. At least, at first. Online classes are a way of taking a class at the times of day or…
KINDLE GIVEAWAY Announcement by WOTY/iWOTY Finalists, 2 Days Left
As a group we are doing a kindle/ebooks giveaway. There will be at least one (I’m doing three) book from each WOTY/iWOTY finalist on the kindle. String attached: You sign up for our newsletters. Here’s the contest entry site: https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/4776d9a027/?widget_template=592ee685127b48230e9b5f9e
How the Heck do you come up with your ideas?
Have you ever been asked that? Bet you have. Bet we all have. The answers to the question are as varied as the ways we DO come up with our ideas. My book An Unsinkable Love came from an open call from a small publisher. A friend in a critique group was editing for them…
I Did It My Way (But Why Would Anyone Want To?)
After more than thirty years of writing genre fiction, I will finally be able to answer “yes” to that irksome, miserable question that all would-be novelists get at cocktail parties, “Are you published?” On November 2, 2016, I signed a contract with Five Star (Cengage/Gale) for publication of my historical romance, Love’s Last Stand. Yes,…