Monthly Writing Prompt
After a relatively uneventful winter, we're now two days into spring and expecting 6-10 inches of snow. That's just the way things work in northern Michigan. The coming storm inspired todays's writing prompt:You're about to get snowed into your home for the next three days. You only have enough time to [...]
Call Me Coach?
Let me begin by apologizing for the delay. I've been meaning to write this post for days, but life happens. After struggling with illness for a few days, my car died Friday. It's very hard to live in a rural area without two cars, so we pretty much need one [...]
When Happily-Ever-After Isn’t Enough by Amanda Cabot
“Nothing happens.” It’s been many years since I received that particular rejection, but I still recall my confusion. How could the editor say that nothing happened? I was writing short contemporary romances for the secular market at the time, and I thought I’d done everything right. The book was set in [...]
Coming Tomorrow: Amanda Cabot
Tomorrow I'm featuring Amanda Cabot, author of the Texas Dreams trilogy. She's going to share a little bit about happily-ever-after. Until then, I'd like you to meet Amanda:Amanda Cabot has always been a dreamer. It’s no coincidence that her first books for the CBA market are called Texas Dreams. Set [...]
Unattending – The "Un"-Conference
We writers are a little bit weird. We spend hours a day working on computers, talking to ourselves, figuring out the best ways to harass, maim, and annoy our beloved characters. Some of us our blessed enough to have people in our lives who encourage us, though they may not [...]