At my day job I am known as the resident tree-hugger. I started the recycling program for our office – separating paper from etc. items – and preach at everybody when I walk by their cubicles and notice recyclable plastics thrown on their garbage cans. They see me coming and you see the fear [...]
Twice a month I have dinner (well, usually breakfast, since we meet at Perkins) with a friend of mine, also a writer. Barb is one of the most prolific writers I know. She’s got a 7 book series going, plus three or four stand alone titles, and she never ever seems to run out of [...]
Read about the best author response ever to a negative book review.
There it is again no longer lurking in the shadows, but pushing to the surface. Fangirl! I fight the urge to squeal and point for that would surly turn into clapping and jumping up and down as I giggle.
My latest project – outside the many writing projects I have going – is the pursuit of a true Study in my home, a place totally dedicated to writing. In this pursuit I understand a lot of work is ahead of me. I plan to have floor-to-ceiling bookshelves filled with my ever growing collection [...]
I’ve had Gemma floating around in my head for about two years. The first scene has always been there. I love the first scene. It’s fun and sad and definitely has tension. But I’ve been stuck: what comes after the first scene? I couldn’t get a firm handle on that. Hell, I couldn’t even get [...]
Writing naked is not an easy task
Am I a writer or do I just like saying I am?
is moving to www.learntowritefiction.com. I have been asked to post this series as a guest blogger and I am really excited. You will also find future author interviews at my own blogsite with a link to LtWF. Follow my blogs at www.virginiasviewonnovelwriting.wordpress.com In the meantime, keep writing. Virginia
This blog is a way for me to share the experience of writing a novel with anyone who happens upon my posts. It isn’t meant to teach anyone how to write a novel. There are plenty of classes by qualified teachers you can attend and of course you can read every single book about writing [...]
