In search of a hook
The long wait for the line edit to come back turned out to be fruitful after all. I picked a name for my new thriller: DEEP WATERS, picked a cover […]
The one-sentence summary of a 300-page book
Welcome new subscribers! I broke my wrist the first of April. It’s not an April fool’s joke. Drained of energy over the next couple of months, I couldn’t come up […]
A time to relax…well, sort of
My 6th draft of the sequel to ‘The Price of Silence’ has finally been sent out for line editing! Time to celebrate just a bit; it isn’t the bring out […]
A unique and fruitful relationship
I have almost finished my 6th draft of the sequel to ‘The Price of Silence’ which includes a re-write of the ending. When that’s done, the manuscript goes to the […]
A different kind of oasis
This year my husband and I decided to go to Cuba for our winter break. As we’d never been there before and planned to travel around, I left my laptop […]
My Christmas newsletter blog
I’ve been out of touch for a couple of months so I thought I’d send you my Christmas newsletter instead of my usual little blog, to open up my world […]
Searching for curses
After a wonderful summer break, I’m back to editing. This time it’s the third draft of my second novel. My husband is on a hiking trip and won’t be back […]
If I could only find my glasses
The second draft of my second thriller (I haven’t found the right name for it yet) is edited and sent off to the editor. Now I’ll have about a week […]
Nature wins
I’m still editing the second draft of my second thriller. Sigh. It’s slow going on sunny summer days with a strong sea breeze flowing freely between open windows, waves crashing […]
Revising and editing 2nd draft
First a little note about my new cover. I decided to change the cover of The Price of Silence. Many people have told me that the book deserved a better […]