Thursday, January 21, 2010
Emotional Distance and a Spoiler
Spoiler Alert: Read with caution
In an effort to try and get me out of the deep, blue funk that I’ve been in, I tried to wear something yesterday that I have never worn to work as a writer. I wore an elegant, black, designer skirt, thigh highs, a simple black sweater, that was suddenly made feminine and pretty by being paired with the skirt, rather than jeans. Instead of my usual boots that work more for club wear, I wore a knee high pair that were more girl. The outfit looked like someone else. It felt different. I even… Read More
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
To be left in Suspense, or Not? You Decide.
Just wanted to let everyone know that I slept well last night. No bad dreams, in fact, no dreams at all that I remember. After last night’s trauma that suited me just fine. I woke up refreshed and feeling much better, though since all my 11 pages were Anita holding her sweetie’s hand in the hospital it was still traumatic, or at least hard.
Here’s a question, guys. I got very emotional writing the scene where we had someone dies in the book and I had to go to some hard places to find the emotion to write the scene,… Read More
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Monday, January 18, 2010
Nightmares
Nightmare woke me at 3AM. One of those dreams that drives you from the bed into the bathroom so you can turn on a light and not wake your sweetheart who is blissfully sleeping. Light helped, as it always seems to, but the nightmare didn’t vanish into the haze of brightness. It clung to the inside of my head. I made some notes in my notebook hoping to get the bad thoughts out and down on paper, which is one of the reasons I so seldom have nightmares. I write my nightmares out, so there’s no need to dream them.… Read More
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
Winners of our Flirt Contest
Okay, let me be clear. We do not have the box of Flirt to send out to our winners, yet, but everyone on-line has assured me that they understand that. Further more, many of you have expressed that not knowing who has won signed copies of Flirt is driving you a little nuts so in the interest of everyone’s mental health here are the winners. Please do not ask me when you will get your book, because I don’t know yet. Also, do not send your mailing address or any other personal info in a public message. With those caveats;… Read More
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Divine Misdemeanors Winners!
Here are the winners of a signed copy of Divine Misdemeanors, the latest Merry Gentry novel:
FaceBook: Libby Lewin
Twitter: Dasota
My Space: Lily
My Forum: UTMagenta
My Fan Club: Kristye Dillingham
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
Creating My Characters
How do I create characters? That is one of the most common questions I get as a writer. Yesterday’s blog answered the question would I date the imaginary men I create, and one fan didn’t like that I stuck to physical description of the men and didn’t delve into their personalities. She had a valid point pretty isn’t enough to make a character interesting. You want a character that you as a writer and your readers will want to follow not just for a few pages but for hundreds of pages. In my case I want characters interesting enough for… Read More
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Friday, January 08, 2010
Are My Male Characters the Men I’d Want to Date?
I let you guys come up with blog topics you wanted to see here. You came up with some interesting ones and there was very little repeating. I thought that was interesting all on its own. One of my fellow Tweeters asked about how I come up with my male characters and since there are certain similarities between a lot of them does this reflect my personal preferences?
OK, I’m paraphrasing, but that’s the gist of it. One personal preference is for long hair. I have a real thing for nice hair, and long means there’s more to play with.… Read More
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