Girl Authors Just Want To Have Fun

Avon Talks To Their Rita Nominees

Popping In For a Minute

Still in the middle of revisions, but wanted to say, I have found if you want something bad enough it will happen. But you have to be open for it to happen. You have to understand you will get what you want but maybe not how you thought it would happen. Like I said you just have to want it bad enough.

Avon's Party At This Year's RWA Conference

Stay Tuned

Between working 10-11 hours at my day job and revisions on my first book, I don't have much time for anything else. So stay tuned. I should be back soon. Something has to give soon and I vote for the day job as in going back to the regular 8 hrs.

Hopefully I'll have all kinds of interesting news. Plus I hope to have time on the weekends to leave little notes here.

Are You Too Old?

Most of my life I've heard "older" people say, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." I beg to differ.

At the age of 42 and after 20 years of service, I was laid off from where I worked. When I started my new job, I struggled to learn so many things as quickly as possible. Hey, I had to even learn where the restroom was and how to answer the phone. Every company has it's own way and system. What I found was that I could learn new stuff but had a problem forgetting the old. It would creep up at the strangest times. Like answering the phone. Once I answered with the old company's name and many times the old one would almost leave my lips.

So to me, learning new things is easy. It's all to do with the willingness to do so.

When it comes to my writing I believe the same to be true. No matter if you're a NYT best selling author, you can always learn something new, something to improve your writing one step higher than before, to keep you current.

A couple years ago, I read a book from an old favorite author. I was shocked to realize she wrote the same way she did twenty years ago. Maybe the book was one she had hid underneath her bed. Well, it should've stayed there.

We don't write like people did in the 1800's (Pride And Prejudice) and I'm glad. I like the action packed, highly emotional writing of the 2000's.

A Little Patriotic Spirit

The women and children were having fun. Not sure about some of the men shoppers. We have to remember that they didn't want to be there in the first place. :-)

If I Can't Brag Here, Where Can I?

My editor told me that my book is the first bought out of the slush pile for the Avon Impulse imprint. Is that cool or what?

And that the publicity director may send out a press release about it. Can it get any better?

Like they say at McD's, I'm loving it!

Romance Magicians: A New Way of Looking at Romance

I was thinking about the post today and decided to revisit.

Romance Magicians: A New Way of Looking at Romance: "Last week, I gave in and upgraded my TV cable. Now we have like 300 channels and twelve of those are movie channels. The other night I final..."

Being Positive Pays Off

The other day I received comments from a contest's final judge who is an editor for a large publishing house. She said, "Well-written, intriguing, a little dark, and very sexy!" And "Nice, attention grabbing opening." She had requested the first three chapters. The contest required only 15 pages to enter.

Made me feel good. I know it's sad that I still need more back-patting, but one thing about most authors, especially newbies, we're very insecure.