If you’ve decided to try your hand a writing historical fiction, great! It’s been the best job that I’ve ever had, even better than the time we got free pizza at Snappy Tomato back in college. It’s not an overnight success story, no matter what non-writers will tell you. It will take you a while
Category Behind the scenes
I wanted to give you all a quick update on what’s been going on in my life. My Mother and I were involved in a car accident three days ago. We’re thankful that we both were able to walk away from it. I think that a combination of luck and the four weeks of yoga
I’ve been ensconced in the editing cave for a couple of months now. The Valois Mistress is my first full-length novel and I’m still in the process of learning how to get it right. Once I finish fiddling with the edits, I get to send it to my editor. I’ve published a series of novellas
This month, I finally broke down and bought Scrivener for editing The Valois Mistress. To be honest, I still hadn’t found out how to edit a 4 page scene from a 133 page manuscript without losing my mind to a copy and paste nightmare. Editing novellas and short stories has been one thing, a full
I’m headed cross-country to Hawaii today. Should be back just before Christmas Eve. If you don’t see me after then, I’m trapped in the Newark airport.
Making a final decision on the cover design for The Valois Mistress is driving me around the bend these days. I think that I’m just too attached to Charlotte de Sauve to be partial. The finalists: These are the ones that made the final cut. Why not use her actual portrait? I really wish that
A while back, I saved an image with Charlotte de Sauve’s signature to my Pinterest board about her. It’s been so long since I did it that I forgot how I came across it. It was sold at auction, and the description lists it as a letter. Since it’s in Old French, few people outside
This series started out as a short, short story. Once I started to write it, it mushroomed into this amazing series. I’m thankful that it grew, but it took a lot of hard work to bring it to life. Before you go, grab a FREE copy of Safe in My Arms, a Three Graces story
It can be a mental feat keeping track of what happens in a scene or chapter of a historical fiction novel. When I started writing fiction, I took on the overwhelming task of writing a full length novel. To keep myself on track, I created two checklists, one for scenes and one for chapters. These
Those of you who have followed my blog for the past six months have probably noticed something today. My pages and posts are gone. By gone I mean I even went into my Cpanel directory and they’re completely overwritten. If that weren’t tragic enough, ALL of my images are also gone. I made a stupid,