Reading yes, posting…slack

by | Jan 17, 2008 | Need to Read

Hi. I’ve been reading loads, but I haven’t been posting because I’ve been writing. I keep putting it off until I have time to do it properly, but I never make the time, so I’ve decided to cut myself some slack. Here’s what I’ve read...

Irresponsible characters

by | Jan 16, 2008 | Daily Writings

In the MG that I am working on now (yep, I made a choice to write the MG series), I am dealing with some very irresponsible characters. My husband and I believe in leaving a small footprint. We downsized our house to 900 sf, and if my husband could talk me into it,...

Irresponsible Characters

by | Jan 16, 2008 | Uncategorized

Part of the story of my new book has to do with my character’s impending move into a McMansion. My character is worried about somebody hiding in her walk-in closet, but she, nor her parents, is the type to consider it a bad thing for three people to move into a...

Choosing Character Names

by | Jan 13, 2008 | Daily Writings

When I was a kid, I had some really good names picked out for my twenty or thirty children that I’d need to use them all. Luckily, I became a writer, so I get to use them now. My main characters often tell me their names, but when it comes to secondary...

Something old? Something New?

by | Jan 11, 2008 | Daily Writings

I finished my revision last week. Now I am in the odd position of choosing a new project. I say odd, because I almost always have something that someone wants me to revise (an agent, an interested editor, me, etc.) and now I don’t. I do have a manuscript that...