Tag Archives: musing

The Monday That Was

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Silver James

I don’t work outside of the home any more. But I work. I write for a living. I get up every morning–sometimes seven mornings in a row, get my coffee, stumble into my office/writing cave, fire up the computer, and … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Creating Edits

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Silver James

Oops. I forgot I hadn’t set up the blog for this morning. I was doing a couple of things–writing the next chapter on the proposal for Red Dirt Royalty #7 – Deacon, which is a rollicking Christmas story involving country … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Plotting

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Silver James

Why yes, I did finally finish those short stories, thank you very much. Now it’s time to move on to the next project. I have 3 that are mostly running currently. Full manuscript for RDR#6-Kade is due November 15. The … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts – Universal Dance

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Silver James

So…it seems like I have back-to-back deadlines between now and this time next year. I set the schedule so I sort of did it to myself but I thought I could manage the dance of time, inspiration, and work. Writing … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Reasons X 10

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Silver James

So here it is Thursday again. I’ll be doing #ThursThreads on Siobhan Muir’s site. I love participating in the weekly flash fiction. It’s fun. It’s productive. It’s challenging. It makes me happy. Writing makes me happy. Even when it makes … Continue reading →

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The Monday After Overload

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Silver James

I had a weekend. A long weekend. And this is Monday’s recap of stuffs. So, Friday I packed up a weekend worth of clothes, my laptop, a six-pack of Diet Cokes and drove across town to a hotel and checked … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Romance

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Silver James

There’s a reason I write romance. Okay, there are a lot of reasons. And those are the same reasons I read romance. In real life, not all of our dreams come true. Not all of us get the happy forever … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Doubts

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Silver James

So…deadlines. I had one yesterday–the proposal for RDR#6. I actually submitted it a day early, so yay! And when Mr. HQEd emailed me back, it was to let me know that REDEEMED BY THE COWGIRL (RDR#5) was headed for a … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts Universal Stories

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Silver James

Starting a new book is always an adventure. I don’t every outline and the only plotting I do deals with characters, settings and the basic trope. All the rest gets made up as I go along. When this little gem … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts Universal To Do List

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Silver James

So…I finished up DOUBLE TROUBLE. It gets uploaded tomorrow for release on Tuesday. There’s a Facebook party that day starting at 11am EDT with Roxanne St. Claire. I’ll be “taking over” from 3-4pm. Lots of prizes, including Kindle Fires. I’ll … Continue reading →

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