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Category Archives: Writing Life
Thursday Thoughts: Universal Digging
When I first read this, I wasn’t sure whether it applied to my life or to my writing. So often the two are tied up together. I leave little bits and pieces of myself in my characters. I relive experiences … Continue reading
Wednesday Words – New Character
I had a migraine Monday night/Tuesday morning. The lay-in-the-dark-and-watch-the-lightning-streaks-keep-time-with-the-throbbing-in-my-head kind. I finally fell asleep about 6 a.m., was awakened at 8:30 with a text, dealt with the problem that prompted the text, and crashed until 2:30 yesterday afternoon. I still … Continue reading
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Tagged characters, herding cats, inspiration, Nightriders MC, Wednesday Words, writing
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Monday, Also…Monday
There was a weekend. I had OKRWA meeting Saturday. I meant to do some writing for a flash fiction challenge. No. Really. I was going to. But then I got home and we had to sweep and run the vacuum … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Life
Tagged books, follow up, fun stuff, herding cats, Monday, reading, Red Dirt Royalty, writing
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Friday Sinema – It’s a Cowgirl Thing
This song makes me laugh. And I can see my Red Dirt cowgirls singing along. FOR THE LOVE OF A COWGIRL (RDR#3) is in the hands of my editor–4 days early. I have OKRWA tomorrow, babysitting Stormageddon tomorrow night. In … Continue reading
Thursday Thoughts: Universal Place and Time
Sometimes, publishing is all about luck–about being in the right place at the right time with the right story. Sometimes, publishing is all about hard work–about learning craft and markets and developing that indefinable something that catches fire with editors … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Life
Tagged inspiration, musing, quotes, Thursday Thoughts, Universe, writing
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Wendesday Words – #1lineWed Hooks
I’m back to where I can check in on #1lineWed on Twitter–at least later in the day. Coffee with the CP first up this morning. I’ve missed reading everyone’s one liners. The rules state the lines come from the WIP … Continue reading
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Tagged #1lineWed, characters, Red Dirt Royalty, snippets, Wednesday Words, writing
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Tuesday Tidbits – NYC Take 2
More pictures! These are the people pictures! From RWA 2015,k of course. First up, this is the lunch in the awesome little Italian restaurant where Charles, my HQ Desire editor took a bunch of us to lunch. That’s the funny … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Life
Tagged follow up, fun travel and adventure, herding cats, pics, RWA15, Tuesday
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Monday All Over Again
Why does this keep happening?!?!? MONDAY!!!! Okay. Just kidding. Mostly. I finished edits of RDR#3, which has the working title of FOR THE LOVE OF A COWGIRL, at 11:30 Saturday night and it went to my CP and my beta … Continue reading
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Tagged follow up, lolpic, Monday, reading, Red Dirt Royalty, writing
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Wednesday Words: COFFEE
The theme for today’s Kiss of Death #1lineWed on Twitter is COFFEE (or tea). Dang it, dang it, dang it! I want to play to day but I have a minimum of 3K words left on RDR#3. I’ll run a … Continue reading
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Tagged #1lineWed, coffee, Red Dirt Royalty, snippets, Wednesday Words, WIPs, writing
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Tuesday Tidbits – NYC
Here. Have some of the pictures I was going to post on Instagram and FB and Twitter. Except I’m a doofus. I forget to do such things. And I’m never sure how to retrieve a photo I’ve taken to post. … Continue reading













