Have I told you lately how much I love writing? I love all aspects of it (except maybe marketing but that’s for another post) from the research, to the actual writing, to the editing and putting it into a final form. I love the whole creative process, but I especially love research. If I let myself, […]
Read MoreSummer is over and so is my Summer Work In Progress, at least for a while. I’ve got a lot of good suggestions from my first beta reader, as well as helpful feedback from my writers’ group, leaving me with changes as well as more questions. I’m going to clean the manuscript up some more […]
Read MoreCheck out my recent guest post on Reality Check, SheWrites.com: http://www.shewrites.com/profiles/blogs/reality-check-what-if-your-whole-book-is-a-darling-by-patricia Maybe you can relate. If so, I would love to hear from you. And for those following my posts on my Summer Work in Progress – Yes, this is the same book.
Read MoreFamilies throughout the country are preparing for back to school. Continuing with my birthing a book and raising it to adulthood theme, I’m now preparing my book for school. One of the first things you do when you have a baby is name it. I had a working title, My Father’s Desk, but I wasn’t […]
Read More(Picture from Flickr, Tatiana Vdb) Last week I dreamed I had this bulging belly. When I realized I wasn’t fat, just pregnant, I thought, good, now I can eat all of the Doritos I want! Now why I would chose Doritos as my food of choice, I don’t know. I’m much more of a chocolate […]
Read More(View from deck of cottage) For me, that place is my brother’s cottage on Lake St. James. There’s something about getting away from my daily responsibilities and routines, something about quiet, nature and water, that heals and opens up the creative channel within me. Summer doesn’t really begin until I spend time up north. This […]
Read More(Photo courtesy Orange County Archives via Flickr) Minnie Pearl was known for her hat with the price tag still attached. I don’t know if this was to let people know how much she had paid for it, or so she could return it after having worn it a few times! Whatever the reason for the […]
Read MoreI promised regular updates on my summer writing progress. The last few weeks I’ve been going every which way but write! Between publishing my latest book, Still Dancing, blogging, selling books at an Arts & Crafts fair, meetings and personal and family responsibility, I’ve done nothing as far as word count. That doesn’t mean I […]
Read More(Courtesy of Flickr – No this isn’t me but it could be!) One marketing suggestion I read recently was to blog about your current Work in Progress – WIP. Include the highs and lows, triumphs and failures, frustrations and despair. I’ve never done this. Usually I try to protect my WIP like a card shark […]
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