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Did cubism originate with Picasso? Did short, pithy poems originate with Emily Dickinson? Did vampire stories originate with Stephenie Meyer? (Okay, you knew I couldn’t resist that one.) The truth is something no artist wants to hear: there really is nothing new under the sun. Yes, cubism was NEW! But I gotta think there might be some cave art somewhere… Read More
Yesterday I bungee jumped for the first time, and all would’ve gone well if that cord hadn’t…. Did I hook you yet? Nope, I didn’t REALLY go bungee jumping (although it’s been a wild-girl dream of mine for awhile now). But the purpose of hooks in writing is to pull the reader in so tightly, they don’t want to let… Read More
I don’t know what I’m doing blogging, since I have to majorly, MAJORLY rewrite my first chapter of GOD’S DAUGHTER (my Viking novel, if you’re just catching up). BUT I want to share that I’ve joined a historical fiction critique group, and I love it. Who would have thought that this writer (who previously believed that all her words were… Read More
After a stellar and astonishing week, when no less than FOUR agents were requesting my sample chapters/pages, and my children and husband would attest that my happiness was through the roof, I have had a letdown, reject week of almost equal proportions. Two of the bigger historical fiction agents rejected my book, leaving me once again questioning my skill (or… Read More
You know you’re getting attached to your book when you hate to leave the world you’ve created to actually live your own life! I’m definitely at that point in my book (just one chapter from being HALF DONE! almost 40,000 words down!), where my characters just take on lives of their own. I understand how Stephenie Meyer felt when she… Read More
Speaking of dummies, yes, I totally did query my book to some agents, even in its unfinished state. This is because I got a little crazy when I realized there is another book about my heroine coming out soon (I got this from the underground, can’t reveal my sources…). Thankfully, it’s young adult fiction. Mine is definitely adult. My husband… Read More