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changing fortunes

on March 9, 2006

So, why am I writing romance again? The truth is, I never stopped. Well, I never wanted to. I love both suspense and romance. I love to write both. Loren Estelman, a wonderful mysterynonfictionwestern writer calls moving among genres “literary crop rotation.” I really like that, because you reall do use different talents in each… Read More


work hours

on March 1, 2006

If you read this regularly, you’ll come to see that I tend to post these things deep into the night, when most of the sensible world is asleep. There’s a reason for that. I’m a night owl. Always was. I used to blame it on the fact that when you grow up in a two-bedroom… Read More


It’s the little things

on February 24, 2006

Well, here it is, zero-dark-thirty, and I’m finishing up my work day. It’s been a really good one. Not because I got a lot of pages written. Heck, I spent abotu twelve hours trying to complete my art fact sheet for the fairy book for Harlequin. The art fact sheet, if you haven’t met one… Read More


the business side of show

on February 22, 2006

I was going to get a lot of writing done today. My husband is in South Africa, the rat, so I have no set family schedule to work around, which means I can write, then nap, then write, then nap. The problem is that instead I had to do an interesting thing called an art… Read More


blogging is easy. Writing is hard.

on February 21, 2006

I was just visiting one of the many lists to which I subscribe, this one Dorothy-L. I mostly lurk on lists these days, which is frustrating. I join a list to visit(I’m a great visitor. One of my best traits is that I play well with others). Then I visit and visit and visit, and… Read More


The Evil Twins themselves

on February 19, 2006

So, there I was, perfectly happy writing suspenses and the odd romance(yes, all my romances are odd), when I hit a snag in suspenseland. There is going to be an industry-imposed hiatus on Eileen Dreyer’s suspenses for a bit. I’m really not happy about that, but all I can do is keep trying. In the… Read More


Jenny Made me do it 2

on February 17, 2006

I really have been meaning to start a blog for ages. I love sharing information on my writing day, my research, little tidbits of stuff I learn along the way (my kids call me the Jeopardy Queen). But, as anyone who’s been near my website will tell you, I’m the world’s last luddite. Not necessarily… Read More


jenny made me do it

on February 8, 2006

This is the first in a grand experiment for me. As you know, my web page claims I’ve entered the 21st century. Blogging, I guess, proves it. I will try and be dilligent and informative and fun. And I can take some of the burden off the rest of my site for fun little factoids,… Read More