In honor of spring, I decided to do throw the windows wide and let in some new, fresh air to circulate with the familiar furniture of my imagination. So for the next few weeks, I’m going to read a few books on writing that don’t look like the sort of thing I’d normally pick up. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘writing’
Spring Breezes for this Writer
Posted in Books, tagged creativity, writing on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A New Book for Christmas
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged lesbian fiction, mystery fiction, nature, snow, writing on December 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
WHACKED is out. Some of my friends have had copies for days. But I didn’t until just about a half hour ago when the UPS man arrived! That’ll teach me to be too cheap to buy one! I took this picture two nights ago in my back yard. I almost fell over from the beauty [...]
New Toy!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged writing on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Got my new Acer Aspire One today (that’s the reason I plowed through the revision of my current work-in-progress, so I could play with my new computer). Right now I’m feeling cocky because I got all my home computers networked. But I still haven’t figured out how to use the CD drive in one computer [...]
Revision Complete
Posted in writing, tagged revision, writing on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Writing is an odd thing. You know, it took me months longer to revise this book than it took me to write it the first time. Still, I got the whole thing “done,” from word one to beta reader in 11 months and two weeks. This second Lonnie Squires mystery was born on November 1, [...]
Recovering from GCLS!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged planning, surprises, writing on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Whew! I’ve been back from Arizona and the Golden Crown Literary Society conference for almost a week now and I’m still whipped. Could be failure to adjust to the three hour time difference. Or getting up at 4:30 every morning to walk before the blazing Phoenix heat kicked in (5 straight days above 110!!). Or [...]
New Discussion forum for Readers and Authors!
Posted in Books, writing, tagged Books, chatting, writing on May 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
One and all: join the online fun! Check out the brand new discussion forum for authors and readers, hosted by Bella Books and Spinsters Ink (two associated presses by and about women–Bella publishes my mysteries). It’s an easy site to use with lots of “spaces” for different kinds of lively conversations. You can talk [...]
Getting Back to Work
Posted in writing, tagged creativity, writing on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During my recent three-week trip, I didn’t work on any of my writing projects. Which doesn’t mean I didn’t write. In fact, I wrote dozens of haiku (well, words in haiku form) as part of a meditative/creative practice. Sit in a space and attend to all your senses, then as fast as you can, write [...]
Sepia World
Posted in doing art, nature, tagged creativity, nature, snow, surprises, writing on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just spent three weeks on St. John in the USVI and came back to subzero cold and feet of snow. No, I’m not complaining. I’m so grateful that it didn’t all melt to mud before I got home to enjoy it! I love winter in the tropics, 80 degree air and ocean and snorkeling [...]
The Case of the Beckoning Blog
Posted in writing, tagged fear, writer's block, writing on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Why is it that starting this thing has had me staring at a blank screen for two days now? I write and teach for a living, for heaven’s sake, so it can hardly be that I’m shy about having others hear what I say, can it? That’s just one of the mysteries I love to [...]
