Posts Tagged "Scenes from the Interweb"

• On the Value of Non-Romance Writing Classes

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  I’m blogging today over at the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood (the wonderful group of ladies who were fellow Golden Heart finalists in 2009) about my experience with non-romance-related writing classes and one of my favorite techniques for exploring and developing your voice. Please stop by and join the conversation!

  Beyond that, I have very little of interest to report — I’m still slogging through Madeleine and Ferguson’s story (ONE NIGHT TO SCANDAL), while my agent slogs through the submission process for ONE NIGHT TO SEDUCTION. As soon as I have any news about either of them, you’ll hear it here!

  
  | Scenes from the Interweb | Writing Process |
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  Posted 7 April 2010, 8:32 pm

• NaNoWriMo = NoNoNoNo

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  Actually, NaNoWriMo is going okay, provided that you define success in terms of what you’ve learned rather than what you’ve produced. I’ve blogged all about it on the Ruby Slippered Sister blog (the group blog for my fellow Golden Heart finalists).

  In general, my writing is going really well right now; I’m feeling inspired and excited by Madeleine and Ferguson’s story, and I’m looking forward to just getting on with it already. Unfortunately, I went through a bit of a slump in September and October; part of it is my natural despair over another birthday + the shortening days + the cooler weather, but most of it was because I didn’t see the way forward with my second book. Now I do, and even if November is generally a bleak month until the saving grace of Thanksgiving, I’m in a much better mood.

  What you won’t see, however, is completely regular blogging here. There are only so many hours in the day, and given that I’m not published and only my mother reads this, there seems to be little point. Once the book sells, I’ll blog more frequently; until then, please check back and get excited when something new appears

  
  | Ferguson and Madeleine | Productivity | Scenes from the Interweb |
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  Posted 9 November 2009, 10:08 pm

• Melodrama

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  I’m quite dramatically blogging about the Curse of the Golden Heart today on the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood blog (the group blog I’m on with the fellow ‘09 Golden Heart finalists). Check it out — commenters are entered into a drawing for a free mug or a first-chapter critique!

  
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  Posted 7 October 2009, 10:44 pm

• My Golden Heart Sisters Are Blogging!

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  I’ve been oh-so-shamefully silent on my own blog — suffice it to say that I have been completely drowning in work for the day job (that thing that is supposedly giving me the money necessary to support myself, even if I don’t have time to actually enjoy my earnings), and that I’ve prioritize my novel-writing over my blog-writing. I’ll get back to this soon…

  …but in the meantime, my fellow 2009 Golden Heart finalists and winners have started a group blog! We call ourselves the Ruby-Slippered Sisterhood; if you want to know why, you’ll just have to visit the blog Check it out: http://www.rubyslipperedsisterhood.com/rss/index.php/. I’ll be posting there occasionally, and will link to my posts when it’s my turn! And if you’re an aspiring Golden Heart entrant yourself, definitely check out the Sisterhood’s blog — we’re giving away critiques of partial manuscripts this month.

  Now, back to the day job; more later!

  
  | J'adore | Scenes from the Interweb | The Day Job |
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  Posted 21 September 2009, 2:29 pm

• I Need To Get On the Rewriting Classics Train

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  My favorite new deal from Publishers Marketplace for this week is:

  Janet Mullany’s THE IMMORTAL JANE AUSTEN, a humorous novel about Jane Austen in Regency England who joins the vampire resistance in Bath when England is invaded by French forces, to May Chen at Harper, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency (world).

  WTF? What is it with Jane Austen being rewritten in a variety of ridiculous ways? I need to get on this bandwagon; it’s just too bad that by the time I finish a book for this trend, the trend will already be dead. I suppose that means I should focus on submitting AN INCONVENIENT MARRIAGE, rather than developing a version of Upton Sinclair’s THE JUNGLE in which he explores the horrors of the meatpacking industry and discovers that all meatpackers are, in fact, syphilitic zombies intent on infecting the American population in an effort to upgrade from their filthy tenement apartments.

  Actually, given the state of the market, that idea may have promise…

  
  | Awesomely Ridiculous | Scenes from the Interweb |
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  Posted 1 May 2009, 11:30 pm