Posted in Living, Writing on Nov 29th, 2006 6 Comments »
Well, I have just four more days of freedom before beginning “real world” work. Yep, I got myself a full-time job and am off to make my fortune since I clearly wasn’t going to make it writing romance.
No, seriously, I think that for me, the closing of Bombshell was just what I […]
Posted in Writing on Nov 16th, 2006 No Comments »
Yesterday a strong wind blew out of the west all day long. It was like God flipped a switch around 5:30 and suddenly we were getting blown all over the place. Poor Dot looked doubtful most of the day — she hunkered down at one point and suffered some dry heaves from being seasick, bless […]
Posted in Writing on Nov 15th, 2006 No Comments »
What makes a story “last” from the opening page to the final paragraph? Conflict, preferably in-your-face, life-threatening (or career-threatening or family-threatening) conflict.
Ever read a book or manuscript that seems to just quit around Chapter Four? It likely suffers from lack of conflict, and usually on two levels.
Level 1
The protagonist’s goal probably isn’t strong enough. The […]
Posted in Writing on Nov 8th, 2006 2 Comments »
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about things we can do to take care of ourselves. In my experience, most women struggle with work, home, and family, with the lion’s share of responsibility falling on us rather than on our loving but sometimes clueless spouses.
Of course, the irony is that if we spend all […]
Posted in Writing on Nov 3rd, 2006 3 Comments »
A few days ago, a fellow RWA chapter member posted a movie producer’s take on “high concept.” It was pretty much what we’ve heard before: A one-sentence (or better yet, three-word) rendition of the movie/book/story/whatever. But s/he added on attributes like catchy title, gripping premise, etc.
When I asked on the chapter Yahoo! group whether high […]