I got the best news while I was away in West Virginia…the manuscript for TO BE QUEEN is locked. Lovely! It is a happy sense of accomplishment to know that all the hard work going into the story of Eleanor’s rise to power as Duchess of Aquitaine and as Queen of France can now be …
Yet again, another beautiful place in West Virginia. The top of this mountain is wonderful. We had to take a chair lift up, and with my fear of heights, it was an adventure. We walked down the mountain later, which was steep, but I enjoyed it more. There were a lot of butterflies to visit …
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f7FKfoVfqc[/youtube] I visited West Virginia last week, and I loved it. The mountains really are inspiring.
Every writer has to do it. Whether published or not, whether on the tenth book or the first, we all have to sit in front of the blank screen for the first time and write the first page. This is always daunting for me, even though I love it. Even though I know that there …
I am so excited…TO BE QUEEN is back in my hands…this should be the last pass (only minor changes) before we lock it. This spring, Eleanor will live once again in my book, as she lives in all the others coming out this year. I just finished CAPTIVE QUEEN…I read it in one day…swallowed it …
I have been traveling from place to place, going to book signings, seeing friends, meeting readers and generally having a ball. But I have to ask myself in the midst of all this, What about my work? My work, like all writers’, is going on all the time. Even when I am not at the …