A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How I Write

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How I Write

Hi! Here I am in my tiny relatively small (and still terribly messy) office. Sitting on the floor, writing out potential scenes and plot points and stuff. Really exciting, huh? 🙂 So, along with sitting at my computer and just writing, I try to plan ahead, at least a...
What Are You Working on Now?

What Are You Working on Now?

A question to strike terror confusion that’s hard for any writer to answer, I think. What am I working on? What am I not working on? 🙂 It’s been a long time since I last blogged about my writing. I actually do have a new work-in-progress. For reasons that...
Why Fiction Writers Should Do Research

Why Fiction Writers Should Do Research

It’s important for fiction writers, regardless of genre, to do at least a minimal amount of research about the subject of their book. In my case, I usually write about a lawyer with her own office. That’s a subject I know about from experience. However, lawyers don’t...
What’s a Civic Holiday?

What’s a Civic Holiday?

As a citizen of the US of A and author of books I’d like readers around the world to enjoy, I try to be aware of holidays in places other than my own backyard. I only recently became aware of a Canadian civic holiday that is in effect today! What, you might ask,...
Researching a Novel About an Unlicensed Private Eye

Researching a Novel About an Unlicensed Private Eye

So, while Sam McRae and Portia Maddox sit on the proverbial back-burner, I’ve been working on my next novel about an unlicensed private eye. Or novella. Or long book of crime fiction. Crime fiction with chapters. Whatever. 🙂 Anyway, Erica Jensen, a former Marine...

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