Photo Credit http://day1of1.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/the-gift/ As I wrap presents for my loved ones for Christmas, I find myself musing on the beauty of gift giving. There is a wonderful feeling of joy that comes from preparing a gift for a friend, choosing it, wrapping it, and then the pleasure of watching them open it in front of …
Photo Credit San Miguel de Escalada http://www.paradoxplace.com/Photo%20Pages/Spain/Camino_de_Santiago/Camino.htm Why do we write? To find the shadow of ourselves in the faces of our characters. To explore times where we have never been, places that we will never see. To discover what is lost, to heal what is broken. To walk the road to Santiago, to begin …
Sometimes in the midst of a major re-write, it can be a real blessing to step away from life as I know it and go on a writer’s retreat. Of course, the opportunity for this is pretty rare. Often writing has to happen in tandem with the rest of life, and that is how it …
I have been reading and loving a great many Regency romances by Nicola Cornick as I begin the revisions on my first Regency romance, How To Tame A Willful Wife. There is such joy in reading good books, in being transported by a clever story and, more importantly, in coming to know and love an …
Every time I sit down at my computer to begin the next phase of my novel, I realize how blessed I am. When I begin my work, my characters show up to tell me their stories, to open the door into their world so that I can step into it with them, and hopefully bring …
“It is better to do your own duty badly than to perfectly do another’s.” The Bhagavad Gita Bad reviews are the tough part of being published. Not that there aren’t other things that are difficult once your first book comes into the world, but reviews from people who hate your work can be devastating, especially …