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Twisted… Evil… Death… Attempting to come up with a tag line is no joke! It’s one of the most difficult parts of writing. The things I find incredibly stressful: naming characters, naming books, writing back cover descriptions, and tag lines. It’s comes with the territory but doesn’t seem to get any easier. Keep your eyes peeled on my website and...
I’ve been taking seminars and professional development courses lately to better understand readers and how they react to different writing styles. Basically, what keeps a reader coming back for more. Then I ran across this article that pretty much sums up everything I’ve been learning. It made me think, what drives me insane as a reader? I once read a...
This past weekend I had the chance to attend my first author signing event – Naughty Nashville. It was exciting, crazy, informative, exhausting, overwhelming…and I totally loved it! I went for two reasons: 1) because I’ve never been to one and I’d like to eventually start participating in them and 2) to meet T.S. Joyce. I’ve been publishing...
Well, Katie Freeman #5 is in the hands of my beta-readers! Yay! I spent the weekend taking a break and having a little fun. While they were doing the hard work, I was splashing in the pool with my nieces and nephews – they had the tough job of reading about Katie Freeman’s latest case and giving feedback. Beta readers...
I’ve had a rough two weeks. I’m sure all of you all can relate – more to be done than there are hours in the day? My pay-the-bills job has been over-the-top for the past few weeks – I hired two new employees who report directly to me, so I have to train them. We had a board meeting and...
Ever have small stuff interfere with getting things done? It seems every time I boot up my computer I have seventeen different updates that need to be done. In the past month, I’ve also had a few electronic malfunctions. First, the batteries in my mouse exploded, leaking battery acid everywhere. You’d think that would have been an indication that I should...
10 Things I Hate About You is probably one of my favorite movies – it’s based on a Shakespeare play, why wouldn’t it be?!?! One of the most famous lines from the movie is when Bianca is talking to her best friend and says “I know you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed. But can you ever just...
The most difficult thing in the world for me is naming things. I blame this on my father – after all, he was going to name me Walter if I’d been a boy. Now, that’s not a bad name, per se, until you combine it with my last name. Walter Mellon – I’d have been the laughing stock of the...
There are a lot of debates about writing styles. Are you a plotter or a pantser? This is one of those I hear most often. I think I’m a combination, depending on the book I’m writing. I come up with ideas from several places and my creative mind takes over. I can’t fully be a pantser, or my books would...
This has been a really difficult summer for me. I wrote earlier about the death of my grandmother at the end of June. She was a fantastic woman who was loved by all who knew her. Her smile could light up a room and she always topped to talk to people – even those she didn’t know. I still miss...