I recently have been engaged in a dialogue with fellow writer Kate McMurry (katemcmurry.com)Â that I've found so interesting - and relevant - that I thought I'd share a bit. Kate brought up the importance of the villain and postulated that a hero (and a story) is only as good as the villain and the antagonism... Continue Reading →
With Hyacinth just recently launched, I'm still deep into the marketing of my new book. However, I'm also moving on to book #3 of the Svatura series (as yet unnamed). I know the key plot points for book #3. I had to figure out the full series so that I set up what needed to... Continue Reading →
Calling all fans of Blue Violet - help me pick the book blurb for Hyacinth! The book blurb is the description on the back of the book, or on the Amazon website, that gives you an idea of what the book is about. This tiny amount of text is incredibly important because it can often... Continue Reading →
This weekend I have a personal goal set to finish Hyacinth enough that it's time to send it to Wendy, my editor. This is going to be a stretch as I'm trying to squeeze writing in between spending time with my family, working, homework and reading for my MBA program, and the holiday. The time... Continue Reading →
My first reviews for Blue Violet have been coming in lately, and so far feedback frequently centers around my characters. Here are a few excerpts from reviews: "The characters are flawed enough not to be irritating, particularly Ellie, who is an ideal heroine - strong, stubborn and loving." - Kirsty http://kvlovesbooks.blogspot.co.uk/ "I grew really attached to... Continue Reading →
As I work on book #2 of the Svatura series - Hyacinth - I am discovering how tricky it is to keep all the plots straight. Every series of books that I've considered to be great has usually incorporated multiple plot lines. There's always the main plot line. But then there are several subplot lines... Continue Reading →
I started this blog well after I'd written my first draft of Blue Violet and had done several rounds of editing on my own. Consequently, my blogging for the process around that book was mostly on the professional editing, publishing, and now marketing phases. I didn't get to blog about the process of writing the... Continue Reading →
Who doesn't love a good super power? Let's be honest... super powers are awesome! They rock! The are totally cool! They are, for lack of a better term, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious... and a bag of chips! Clearly I geek out on this topic. I'm not going to get into the psychology of the mass appeal of this... Continue Reading →
While I am still in the process of editing (and soon self publishing!) my first book - Blue Violet - I am also in the process of writing the follow-on book - Hyacinth. A few nights ago while writing, I got utterly and completely stuck. I'm talking full on, dead-in-my-tracks, stuck. I honestly could not figure out how... Continue Reading →
Writing romance scenes is possibly one of my biggest weaknesses as a writer. So this blog entry is not a "how to" by any stretch of the imagination. This is more of a "come commiserate with me" moment. The ironic thing is that romance books were my first love when it comes to what I... Continue Reading →
