A friend of mine told me that I can not fight tomorrow’s battles today. As much as I may want to. Now a writer does not fight literal battles, of course, but there are battles with my own prose, battles to develop a clear and well arcing story, battles to get the word out about …
Photo Credit: Google+, NASA images https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/102371865054310418159/albums/5696123366169240577/5696123435862001186 I know I am not alone in this. We writers slave over our manuscripts, our babies, until they are as perfect as we can make them. We give them to writing groups, to critique partners, to beta readers, and sometimes even to a freelance editor. And finally the day …
One of the most amazing things about being an author is launch day. At least, that’s what I always thought when I was working away at my desk, no agent or book contract in sight. I thought of how amazing it must be to hold a finished book in my hands, to smell the pages, …
As I wrap up my edits on HOW TO TAME A WILLFUL WIFE, my Regency version of The Taming of the Shrew, I look back down the mountain of work I have done on this piece with pride and pleasure. This book started as a dream I had in 2007, and after countless re-writes and …
Archived Post, first published on Jan 13, 2012 I was fortunate enough to see an exhibit on Rembrandt, and one of the most fascinating pieces for me was the self-portrait of an older Rembrandt. Painted after his work had gone out of style, after his clients had left for new fads and other kinds of …
With the latest Christine Blevins novel out as well as the latest Christine Trent, I find myself swept up in different historical periods. I am fascinated by the wealth of stories that come into the world, born from the hard work and the passion of their authors. In The Turning of Anne Merrick, Christine Blevins’ …