who is this kate person?
Oh come on. Admit it! Did you ever want to be someone else? Or want to have a different name? I know I did. As a kid, I didn’t really care for my given name. It was…different. My friends had … Continue...
View Articletonight they hear THE END
I attend an (almost) weekly gathering of writers here in town. Cathy, Mark, and Marie have eagerly offered their critiques on the writing I’ve subjected them to, everything from Star Wars to historical...
View Articlethe end is just the beginning…
The last ~4,000 words of my novel were well received at writers group last week. Satisfying, passionate, touching, emotional. Tied up all the loose ends. YES! I don’t want you to think my writer...
View ArticleI will not be one of those writers…
“I get very confused when a writer with a few hundred friends on Facebook and Twitter thinks that repeating the publication of their book over and over and over and over will make them more than a...
View Articlefinding the creative juices
A post from Warrior Muse about Teaser Tuesdays reminded me of memes that always pop up on Facebook: Grab a book you are currently reading Open to a find a random page Write the first sentence on that...
View Articleare you stuck in the middle?
There is nothing more exciting than the moment when an idea invades your brain. Characters, settings, and scenes for that next story appear out of nowhere, or come in dreams, or when you’re sitting at...
View Articletrim it, cut it, lather, rinse, repeat…
No, I didn’t get a haircut. I’m attempting to revise the 1st draft of my novel. Reading JW Manus, I’m probably not doing as much as I should to get into the joy of cutting. I must say, however, that …...
View ArticleL.Q. revisited…
I read about as slowly as I write. There was a time I could devour a novel in 3-4 days. Wish I had those kind of days now. But come to think of it, I wasn’t writing when I read … Continue reading →
View ArticleBook excerpt – tagged for #luckyseven
Writers do interesting things to support each other while trying to sludge through the writing, revising, publishing process. Twitter is one refuge, even when you get tagged – a la hashtag – to...
View ArticleThe book blurb
How do you distill a 93,000 word manuscript down to 2 paragraphs? While my novel is off in beta hands, I’ve been writing, editing, scrapping, and re-writing my book blurb, or as it’s called on Amazon,...
View Articlewriting process blog hop…
Robert Mullin, author of the speculative fiction/fantasy Bid the Gods Arise, invited me to participate in this blog hop several weeks ago. I got a bit side-tracked publishing my current novel, so...
View ArticleMe as a writer: 7 facts
I was challenged by Lynne Provost to write 7 facts about me as a writer. I’ve been interviewed about my historical fiction elsewhere, so I’m going back to my writing roots here: 1. I didn’t pen many...
View ArticleI’d rather be writing… A story of beta readers and taxes
I’m working on taxes this week. Normally I’ve completed this task by mid- to late February, but I wanted to get to “THE END” of For King and Country before I dove into the tax forms. Yes, round 2 of …...
View ArticleExcerpt from For King and Country
Henry tried to shut out Marian and Robin’s voices as he and Stephan left. The wooden stairs creaked beneath their feet. At the landing, Henry heard Hugh settling his father for the night. Edward’s...
View ArticleBest night of the week – writers group
Thursdays are special. My writing friends take me to their worlds. We might spend time with a bounty hunter in Las Vegas or look over the shoulder of a small town Kansas cop. We are in… More
View ArticleUpdates from the Coffee Shop
My go-to drink is the cafe latte, no flavor – usually hot, but sometimes iced. It was definitely a lot more iced during last summer’s miserably hot weather, but there is nothing like warming your hands...
View ArticleBetrayal comes in many forms… and on many blogs
I recently stopped by Alison Morton’s blog to talk about the big or little events or moments that might inspire a writer. If you’ve been around here for a while, you’ll know a couple of scenes in a...
View ArticleThe Highs and Lows of Being an Author – a guest post by Helen Hollick
It’s a pleasure to welcome Helen Hollick to my blog today. We first met in Denver, Colorado, at the 2015 Historical Novel Society conference. Helen has been a huge supporter of indie authors, regularly...
View ArticleLet’s get started…
Haven’t even published the novel yet and here I am starting a blog specific to my adventures in fiction. I guess I’d started thinking about this as I crept toward the climax of my novel. That may have...
View Articlewho is this kate person?
Oh come on. Admit it! Did you ever want to be someone else? Or want to have a different name? I know I did. As a kid, I didn’t really care for my given name. It was…different. My friends had ‘normal’...
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