Monthly Archives: January 2010

Jan
17

Sneak Peek at FF&P’s Gathering Flyer

Posted in gathering 2010, nationals, rwa | 3 Comments
RWA Nationals isn’t until July, but in a quiet moment today I was able to whip up the flyer for the FF&P-sponsored event known as The Gathering. I still need to add it to the website, but all in good time. And yes, I had to recycle my SteamPunk angel for this, but I really am just too busy to render a separate graphic at the moment.… Read more
Jan
16

Keep it Real

Posted in craft, research, writing | 7 Comments
There’s a reason I will probably never write a historical romance. I have little time for doing the large amount of research required to pull off something satisfactorily accurate – i.e. Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. Say what you will about the last book, but the woman does her homework, and part of what makes her books satisfying is that particular care to the small details, and the way they’re woven into the everyday life of the characters. There aren’t information dumps – people just do what they do. However, I’m running through some contest entries at the moment – some of them have a  more historical bent and what’s really getting to me is just how little research is being done on them. I don’t know if that’s because the writer assumes the romance part of the story is going to just carry the reader through (and I suppose in some cases,… Read more
Jan
15

No, It’s NOT Catcher in the Rye, Dad.

Posted in covers, romance, smut | 12 Comments
So, it’s finally sinking in that the book thing is going to happen. I was talking to my Dad on the phone about it the other night and he kind of got this weird tone to his voice and asked if I was going to have one of those “half-naked barbarian” covers. Which, I suppose, is possible. Although you don’t see too many clinch covers these days, and probably very unlikely for an Urban Fantasy type of romance – but, as I told him, it’s probably not going to be up to me. I honestly have no idea how much input I’ll get into it, but that’s all right.  His question kind of had me thinking, though. I’m not ashamed of anything I’ve written….but I’m not sure I really want to know that he’s read it.  I mean, I told him it was fairly smutty in places and he was… Read more
Jan
14

Houston, We Have An Offer…

Posted in ZOMGWTF | 14 Comments
…36 hours after being sent out for submission, my book has an offer. I can’t give any details at the moment, as my agent is contacting the other editors who have currently also requested a read, but I shall post them once I’m able. (Probably next week). Yes, I’m grinning like a total idiot.… Read more
Jan
14

Can I Write Your Stories for You?

Posted in craft, writing | 2 Comments
Not that I think my husband is planning my demise or anything, but at dinner last night we were discussing what happened when an author passed away and left a series unfinished. And of course, I suppose in some cases, nothing happens at all and the story dies with the mind that thought it up. If it’s a particularly popular story and the publisher can find a trusted writer to continue it, then they do so – a la Robert Jordan. Jordan died before finishing his 20 plus year writing saga Wheel of Time, but his wife and Brandon Sanderson are working off his notes to finish it. (The first of the last 3 books has been published thus far). Now, I stopped reading Jordan’s works years ago. I like a good, thick series, I really do, but after a while I just got tired of it. Each book seemed… Read more