A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting and talking to fellow historical romance author Katherine Grant on her podcast The Historical Romance Sampler. The full episode is below. Time stamps: Excerpt from The Rogue’s Last Letter: 2:02 Interview: 17:30 Love It or Leave It: 28:17 Our talk left me thinking a lot
Before writing what would become my official debut novel, I’d written three others, all of which were written at breakneck speed as NaNoWriMo projects. They were my “practice novels.” It turns out, I’m fairly willing to churn out garbage first drafts. The real hurdle is DRAFT 2. Not draft 1.2 or 1.8 but the real
Sometimes I, like the rest of us, suffer from writer’s block… This is not one of those times. I still have ideas. I can still whip up a workable (if not lovable) outline for my WIPs. And my recent word counts (I’m told) are enviable, at 2000-4000 words per day. Yet things feel “blah.” This
Whether it’s your mornings, lunch hours, late nights — whenever it is that you find time to write — you’re confronting an empty bucket and the intention to fill it with words. And, you’re probably going to pressure yourself further to ensure those words have substance (ugh!). Maybe you finished a chapter at your last
Only a few books in, I’m still getting a handle on where I exist on the plotting<—–>pantsing spectrum. I’ve learned I fall somewhere in the middle, but it’s not without method, so allow me to explain what’s proven most natural and productive for me. Perhaps it will help someone else who finds themselves floating in
