February 11, 2010 – 5:06 pm
Speaking of anniversaries, this time of year marks my 8 YEAR anniversary of moving to New York City. When September 11th happened, I was printing out my college application to NYU. I wanted to be a New York City girl so badly nothing was going to stop me.
So, in early January 2002 my folks drove [...]
December 14, 2009 – 1:41 pm
In the end, it was inevitable that my publisher would reject my title: The Sinfully Seductive Rakish Rogue’s Mysterious Midnight Mistress of Pleasure. Fitting it on a mass-market size book in a readable font size was an insurmountable challenge. Instead, the new title is….
Well, first let’s talk about how books get titles!
An author submits a [...]
November 24, 2009 – 6:51 am
One of my favorite rules to live by is from Mary Poppins: For every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and snap! The job’s a game!
That’s been on my mind lately because I’ve recently finished revisions on my novel (Hurray!) but now must turn around and [...]
November 3, 2009 – 10:31 am
My dear readers, you may recall that some time ago I handed in the manuscript for my very latest, The Sinfully Seductive Rakish Rogue’s Mysterious Midnight Mistress of Pleasure (or something like that). My dear editor has sent it back with a (typed and thus legible!) list of comments. Back to work for me!
In the [...]
October 6, 2009 – 6:54 am
I have just survived four days without my laptop and…I kind of liked it.
My lil’ mac needed a new hard drive which was fortunately paid for by Applecare (that was money well spent!). I was also fortunate to catch this problem while the HD was dying and not yet dead, so I backed up mostly [...]