Category Archives: The Writing Process

Looking for my Groove

I love writing. I’m quite fond of editing. In the right mood I can even enjoy working on my web page. Even publication, as titchy and annoying as it can be, isn’t all that bad. I hate marketing. And yet? … Continue reading

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Excerpt: The Mirror’s Image, first chapter

Oh we are so close to publication! Fans of The Sunshine Line don’t have long to wait for the sequel – The Mirror’s Image – now! To get you in the mood, here’s the first chapter:   Wednesday July 1, … Continue reading

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Help Wanted: Excerpt, Chapter Four

Help Wanted will be published by the end of the month. After this there will be one more chapter posted pre-publishing to get you hooked. 4. RESCUE FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE Amy didn’t hear from Paul or see him as “online” … Continue reading

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Attack of the Plot Bunnies!

Plot bunnies are story ideas, to put it succinctly. I have a folder within my writing folder to pen up my plot bunnies. I’ll write a few words, a premise, a location, sometimes only a bit of dialogue that I … Continue reading

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Outlining

I’ve addressed outlining in a couple of previous posts ( The Larval Stage of an Outline and The Bare Bones Outline ) but both of those were specific to individual works and hardly comprehensive. I don’t know if I’m going … Continue reading

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The Birth of an Idea: The Sunshine Line

One day in the summer of ’09 I had a dream. When I woke, all I could remember was a scene. Someone is in a perfectly normal kitchen and fairies start spilling out from the cupboards and such. The image … Continue reading

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