This cartoon from the Punch magazine by John Leech in 1847 shows life hasn’t changed that much in 160 years. Everyday details intrude upon the creative space of the would-be artist. Perhaps September wasn’t the best time to try to focus on a new project or hobby. With the start of the school year, I…
I mentioned in an earlier post that I’ve consistently written a thousand word or so journal entry nearly every day since the end of June. When the kids went back to school, I felt a real disruption in my daily routine. Instead of sitting down and writing first thing, I now get the kids up,…
Don’t you wish you could see the actual moment when the lightbulb metaphorically clicks on over your head? Me too. Then there would be physical evidence you could point to and exclaim, “Aha!” You’d instantly know the feeling and be able to better recognize it the next time inspiration struck and be ready to capitalize…
When people come over and see my Romance shelf, thirty linear feet of books, they ooh and ah over how many I have accumulated. I’m more impressed by the effort that the authors put into writing them and then getting them to market. Why Read Romance? For me, Romance novels provide a pleasant escape from…
Yesterday, I completed a very rough first draft of a short story. I was intrigued by the “Dream by the Fire: Winter Magic” anthology submission call announced by Freya’s Bower. I made the mistake of plotting the story late Sunday night before bed. I was kept up most of the night and ended up getting…
I’ve played around with the idea of writing romance novels for a while. In college, I decided I could do better than the ones I’d devoured that summer. I think I got about 8k words into the story and then gave up because I couldn’t decide what would happen next. Last year or so, I…