Regency romance, romantic mysteries, & writing tips too.
What if you want to write a book, but you can’t get started? An old friend took a six-month sabbatical from teaching so that she could finally write a novel, but didn’t write a word. She’s given up, for now — she says she may try again one day, when she has “more time.” Many … Read more
At our last writing group meeting, we talked about finding time to write. Several members shared their writing process. Some outlined, some didn’t. One member wrote on her phone in her car, before she started work each day. She said: “You can write more than you’d think in ten minutes a day.” That got me … Read more
You’re writing fiction. You’re an entertainer, so your primary task when you write is to be entertaining. It’s a constant challenge. I’ve got a yellow sticky pasted to my screen which says: DRAMA. It’s easy to forget to create drama and make your fiction entertaining because there are so many things to remember when you’re … Read more
I’m not participating in NaNoWriMo this year. I need to revise a couple of my novels, and this is the busiest time of year for my marketing day job. However, NaNoWriMo’s been in progress for a week, and I’ve had questions from writers who fear they won’t finish. One writer is very much behind. Another … Read more
You want to write fiction. Or perhaps you’ve written a novel and an editor has told you that your novel needs work. One of the easiest ways to improve your fiction is to help your readers to engage fully with your story, so that your readers to experience what your characters experience. You do that … Read more
You’re writing fiction. You want to make it believable, so that readers are completely engrossed in your story. How do you do that? It’s a challenge, and it can be a dangerous one. Fictional reality, and “real” reality are different. A few weeks ago, one of my writer friends complained to me about feedback from … Read more