I’m coming up to that point where I need to decide whether or not to create a book trailer. When they are well done, I think they are fabulous and a great promotional tool. However, I’ve seen many that are–well, for lack of a better word, we’ll call them “less…
Last week, just before I came down with the plague (otherwise known as the flu with a respiratory infection), my editor and I went to lunch to discuss Soul Stripper’s sequel and its progress, etc. We also got to chatting about conferences and panels that he inevitably helps and partakes…
You know how in coffee shops, they have little plastic stirrers that just sort of sit out? And there’s no way possible to take one and only touch the ONE you’re taking? Well, I’m a bit germaphobic (I think living in NYC makes one become paranoid). What with the flu…
I’m a member of RWA – the NYC chapter (for those who don’t know, this is the Romance Writers of America). This group is full of amazing women and fellow writers. Every January, we all write down a couple of goals for the year and put them into a time…
My husband and I were in Paris last weekend for work reasons–when Hurricane Sandy hit. We were supposed be flying out the Monday the storm came to NYC/NJ. We watched the news in France in disbelief as we watched our beloved city and surrounding towns torn apart. While we were…
Here is an excerpt of Soul Stripper! It doesn’t reveal any plot, but it’s one of my favorite passages! “Coffee is a lot like people. In many ways, it’s deceiving. The sweetness that you smell as it brews is more often than not: a fallacy. The scent of a dark…
Outlining sucks. There, I said it. I mean, who wants to spend time outlining a book when there are so many great ideas and words that you JUST WANT TO GET STARTED ON!?!?!?! I sure as hell don’t. But (yes, there it is…that ugly word), outlining is a fabulous tool….
Why do we write? Why do we put our souls on a page, work hours upon hours after our day jobs to put out stories that may or may not get ripped to shreds by reviews? Is it because we want to leave a legacy? Because some of us feel…
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