What’s in a name?

When I came up with the title for Starstruck, I knew it wasn’t completely original but, at the time, it wasn’t important. I was writing a story for my own amusement. By the time the novel began to take shape, it was too late to change it. Nevermind that...

Synopsis, synopsises, synopsos

“What’s your book about?” “Well, there’s a guy and a girl and they shouldn’t be together, but they can’t help but love each other, and there’s stuff in the way, but they eventually work their way through it and find...

Stumbling blocks and road trips

Lately, my writing has been sidelined by an issue at home. Nothing too serious, just extremely annoying and counterproductive. We were practically displaced in our own house and I didn’t sleep for nearly a month. Trust me, that wreaks havoc on your imagination...

Stirring up controversy

So, an interesting thing happened over on Tumblr last week, after I posted chapters 5 and 6 of Star-crossed. One reader decided that she was going to bow out of the story because she didn’t believe that one of the characters was behaving as they should have....
Back to work

Back to work

Holiday weekends are fun, usually, but they can play merry havoc with one’s writing and posting schedule. After three days of travel, brilliant conversation, wine and BBQs, I am three chapters behind. Whoops! Ah well, time to buckle down. A quick shout out to my...