What is a market that is almost a guarantee for sales? Romance. Any kind. Second is cozies. The reading public is getting older, is mostly female. YA is read by middle-aged women as well as the YA audience it’s meant … Continue reading
Category Archives: Writing
I have a vision of my Muse (Calliope) as Christie Brinkley in National Lampoon’s Vacation. She drives by saying, “You should write, honey!” I pull out a fresh notebook and write maybe two pages of introduction, and then…she’s gone. I … Continue reading
I have been writing, but I can only do about 500 words a day. I have tangled up tendons in my left thumb and arthritis in the joint. Not to mention carpal tunnel in both hands and tendonitis in the … Continue reading
I’ve been so busy with journaling that I haven’t had a chance to keep up online. I’ve been doing some work for the publisher, as well, and that’s been keeping me busy, between podcasts and being a publishing minion. I … Continue reading
My WIP is Aries II, and I’ve been writing a little bit in it every day. Look for bits of it on Twitter. I’m up to 7,500 words–ten percent done! Been taking care of my overly dependent geriatric cat, who … Continue reading
If you don’t give me a deadline, I assume “anytime you want”. Teen Guardians, the newest Grimaulkin story, is at 11K words because of a few reasons. Podcasting.Pain.Health.Boredom.Lack of attention. I do two podcasts: commercially, Small Publishing in a Big … Continue reading
H/T to Steven D. Brewer in his blog, what does success mean to me. Now this entry isn’t going to sound as scholarly as his, but humor me. Was I rich this year? Nope. But I’m not complaining at what … Continue reading
I have the itch to write. I put aside the NaNoWriMo project after its epic fail last month. I want to write something, but I have no idea what. So I sat down with my writing journal, and what came … Continue reading
All of a sudden, I have a hankering for LARPing. Ah, the nostalgia of my college years, when Vampire: The Masquerade was all the rage and Mind’s Eye Theatre had a foothold in Brown University. Instead of doing it, I … Continue reading
I’m not a pantser anymore. I have a poster up on my corkboard that has “My Contract With My Reader”. The first thing is: “I will not waste your time.” Ergo, “I will not waste my time.” As a pantser, … Continue reading