Biting the Accuracy Bullet: I change a lead character’s name

This story starts, as do so many, in the vast swamplands of my ignorance. That is to say, there was a time when I knew considerably less than I do now about Regency naming conventions, and in that state of limited knowledge, I decided to name my book’s hero Christopher. Fine, time-honored English name, right? [...]

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One Trip to the Library Later…

Somewhere in here, I’m hoping hard, is the plot for my next book.  I know who the hero is, and the heroine is starting to take shape, and I have some ideas for the dynamic of their relationship, but beyond that it’s all a daunting blank. Plot = blood; Cecilia = turnip.

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Ten Things I’d Blog About If I Had Time

This is it.  Butt in chair, hands on keyboard, pedal to the metal.  No more blogging, and no more than 20 minutes per day reading other people’s blogs, until this book is finished and handed in. Topics hover around, though, stacking up like MD80′s over O’Hare, and I need to at least radio out and [...]

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Write What You Don’t Know

Some years back I took my daughter to a bookstore for an appearance by Ann Brashares, who was at the time promoting the third in her four-book Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series.  Ann read an excerpt, and spoke a bit, and answered questions from the overflow audience.  And two things in particular have stayed [...]

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