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My Brain Hurts and So Do My Feet!
To find out why, check out my latest update, now available HERE.
A Lot of Shoveling
My writing right now is reflecting the schizophrenic and sometimes soul-sucking month of March here in the Northeastern US. In March, a sense of optimism cautiously infiltrates our world. We “spring ahead” and get that extra, delightful hour of light before the close of day, and then the vernal equinox seals the deal as […]
Procrastinating, er, Plotting
With For Sissy now available for readers, I’m now plotting my next book. I should say “books,” because my next work will be a series — a mystery series. I’m a planner, not a pantser, so I outline. My outlines are never proscriptive, but I do rely on them to get me to the last […]
So, You Want to Be a Beta Reader?
Beta readers are crucial to me as an independent writer. When I decide my book is DONE, they are the first people to read it – and I count on them to tell me why it’s NOT done. They are critical readers who know when a novel isn’t living up to its potential, and they […]
Who’s in Your Book?
Friends sometimes ask if anyone they know is in The Crandall Haunting. The answer is no. No actual person I know is in the book, and since many of the characters are pretty creepy, that’s probably a good thing. Of course, innumerable real life observations and experiences have morphed their way between the pages, and […]
A First Draft for Christmas
It’s hard to describe the combination of excitement, hope and nausea I felt this week when I printed the first draft of my second novel. The excitement and hope are self-explanatory. The nausea, well, that comes from knowing that the novel is at the point, right now, where it might be bad, and I won’t […]
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