Lynnette’s story began as a simple novel of suspense. The first outline had only one chapter that was not in Lynnette’s point of view. Then one of the bad guys grew bigger than the part I had given him, so I wrote some chapters from his point of view. He was only a minor bad …Read More
The Days When Nothing Gets Done
Yesterday was one of those days. The laundry did not get done. I knocked nothing off the To-Do list. I bought a supermarket salad for my husband’s dinner, and I ate yogurt with blueberries and granola. Here’s why: Yesterday morning, I spent too much time on e-mail. I read several chapters of a good mystery …Read More
Notes on Why We Write…Or Don’t Write
In Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing, David Morrell tells the story of how he became drawn to fiction writing, his determination, his trials and errors, and his successes. The part of the story I like best is about a novel Morrell began when he was only twenty-five years old. He still lacked confidence in …Read More
Author Janet’s Story
I think my newspaper saga is over. Life returned to normal this morning. Venting was fun for a couple of days, but I can’t build a blog audience on whining and complaining, because I don’t have that much to complain about. Unless, of course, I want to start in on politics, the economy, or my …Read More
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