Long But Amazing Story
In June, I wrote a post about how close I was to breaking, and how I dreamed of a chance to focus on the truest part of myself... writing. I just re-read it, and in light of recent events I don't know whether to laugh or cry, so I'll probably do a little of both.In recent years, I've found myself becoming more bitter and envious. When I say that, you probably envision specific objects of envy, such as lavish homes, jewelry, world travel, fame, or life as an automatic VIP. But those were never things upon which I gazed with covetous eyes.My dreams are much more modest than that.

Just When You Think You Know What You're Doing
There have been a couple of setbacks in the re-writing process of Make or Break. I have all the main changes roughed in, but need to go over it and smooth it out, make sure I've maintained continuity, etc. But due to a family emergency, I was grand-dog sitting for a few days, and I am completely unable to write if there are distractions of any kind. Super-cute little white dogs, who I have to keep away from my three big slobbery dogs count as a distraction.Then I had an unfortunate dental issue, and spent a couple of the subsequent days off at the dentist's. (And sadly, those visits are far from complete.)I'm hoping to finish these re-writes in the next week, then st

Writing Thought Du Jour
Even as I'm working on the re-writes for Make or Break, my head is hard at work on the "Gold" mystery. Or romance. Or romantic suspense. Or whatever the hell my characters decide to turn it into.In a way, I'm enjoying lingering over my current stage of re-writes. At the moment, it's the "first kiss" scene. Since I've decided to move the much more intense scene that followed soon after that to a later point in the chapter, I get to refine the first kiss. I've been thinking of the perfect conversational snippet to lead into it, and the one thing Seth can say just before he kisses her... the one thing that would melt Abby's heart, and make it clear to the readers that something pro

Let The Revisions Begin!
My self-imposed month-long mental hiatus from the manuscript ended yesterday. This isn't to say I didn't think about the book at all during that time. I did. I also had several excellent meetings with my new Chief Pre-Reader, Kelli, which helped me sort out the changes I needed to make