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Category: Thoughts on Writing
The Writing Front
I am continuing to query agents for my first manuscript and taking solace from other writers who have told me how many rejections they endured before seeing their first books in print. While I wait, I’m also in the process of finishing a second book. I won’t make too much …
What’s Happened in 2020?
This post is probably way too long, but bear with me… It’s hard to believe 2020 is coming to a close, and we’re no closer to life returning to “normal” than we were six or seven months ago. The coronavirus is forcing us to search for a new normal, but …
The Virtual Side of Writing
The coronavirus pandemic has affected the world in ways I never thought possible only a few months ago. All of us have learned, or are learning, how to live under the constant threat of infection, social distancing, wearing masks, stay-at-home orders, and washing hands more than any sane person has …
A Pause…
Hi everyone. With everything that’s going on with COVID-19, new posts might be few and far between for a while. Thanks.
Getting Your Novel Out of Your Imagination and onto the Page
On Sunday, July 14, the Desert Sleuths (Phoenix) Chapter of Sisters in Crime, in cooperation with Changing Hands Bookstore, presented a panel of unpublished writers to talk about “Getting Your Novel Out of Your Imagination and onto the Page.” The panel members talked about what they had done in their …
News to Come
I’ve been away from the blog for several days, but I’m working on a series of interesting posts that will be up soon. Stay tuned!
This Makes You Step Back and Take a Deep, Deep Breath
I’m not sure how else to say it. When you’ve been writing for a while and all of a sudden your first novel, short story, article, whatever…is selected for publication, things change…in a hurry. Creating a website, Twitter, Instagram, business cards – the list goes on. All those “business side …
Writing What I Read…
It’s my clumsy way of saying “I like to read mysteries and I like to write mysteries.” The Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald hooked me. Then it was on to the Kinsey Millhone series by Sue Grafton, and continues now with the Longmire series by Craig Johnson. They …