When I first came to the mountains, long before I moved here, one of my favorite sights from the road was Looking Glass Falls. The sun was to bright when I took this picture, so this photo doesn’t do the waterfall justice…when you come to the mountains of western North Carolina, you’ll need to see …
As summer draws to its close, so does my latest draft, and I find myself reflecting on all the fun I’ve had, both drinking in the heat and sun and drinking in the joy of putting a new book down on paper. It amazes me how quickly time goes by now, quicker every day it …
As I work on my character-talk in the second book of the Terror of the Ton series, I reflect on this quote. I need to mind what I say to myself as much as what I say to and with my characters. Writing is building a world, but so is living.
Something deep this week…I do love this quote. I spend so much time talking to my characters on the page that I don’t always pay enough attention to what I am telling myself about my own life story. Here’s to keeping thoughts filled with Light.
There are a lot of reasons to write: to explore our inner thoughts, to build worlds, to tell stories that bring our readers joy, books that make the world a better place. But I have to admit, the reason I write is so that I can tell stories to myself. I am my first audience, the …
Why are we romance readers and writers in love with love? Â Well, love, romantic and otherwise, makes the world a better place. Watching a hero and a heroine overcome the obstacles keeping them apart can be inspiring as well as entertaining. Sometimes those obstacles are internal, and as we watch them learn to be …