NaNoWriMo Day One
It’s November 1st and that means it’s time for NaNoWriMo — National Novel Writing Month. The goal of NaNoWriMo is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. It sounds daunting, except that it’s only 1,677 words a day. That’s not difficult to achieve if you know what you want to say. To help me stay […]
How Much Do Writers Write in a Day?
There is an interview with George R. R. Martin in this month’s Writers Digest. If you don’t know George, he’s the author of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, the first book of which is A Game of Thrones. Currently there are five books in the series with two more planned. What non-fans […]
Deadly Valentine Free Oct. 18-20th!
Deadly Valentine will be free through Amazon Kindle from October 18 to 20th. This offer is for the complete, full-length novel, not an excerpt. Don’t have a Kindle? That’s okay. You can download the Kindle app to read on your computer, smartphone, iPad or tablet. If you like mystery, romance, chocolate and couture lingerie, Deadly […]
Overseas – A Review
I first saw a blurb about Beatriz Williams’ book Overseas in a women’s magazine and found the premise compelling — a love story involving time travel. I’ve written the opening pages of a time travel story myself, although I have no plot for it yet. The challenges in writing time travel are the methods (machine?), […]
So Much to Write, So Little Time
I’m very excited about the initial interest in Deadly Valentine and Endangered. Feedback has been positive, especially for Endangered, which is a different kind of romantic mystery. Instead of coming together during the story or rediscovering their love, the Delecoeurs are 100% in love and committed. I was wondering if readers would find a story […]