by Jamie
Check out my dear friend Cindy Procter-King’s new book release, Where She Belongs, which earned a 4-star review from Romantic Times: Yay, Cindy! Visit her website for an excerpt, reviews, and more fun stuff.
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by Jamie
No, that’s not a real holiday. I just made it up. I got a new computer for Christmas, intending to use it only for photo editing and the general playing-with of photos. My little Macbook Air is wonderful in innumerable ways, especially for writing, but it doesn’t like big honking jpeg files being crammed by the thousand onto its hard drive. Nor does it like Photoshop Elements. Anyway, this new laptop is free of the psychological baggage that goes with […]
Categories: Advice for Writers, Procrastination
by Jamie
“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” ~Sylvia Plath Writers are notorious self-doubters. Putting our words out into the world feels a little like running naked through a crowd. It’s a powerful act to set aside one’s fears and write boldly. What have you got to lose? Every day you don’t write is a day you […]
Categories: Advice for Writers, Quote of the Day
by Jamie
I know writers who regularly write 20 pages a day, while others struggle to get a few pages written daily. I tend to be a bit haphazard, some days writing a lot and other days writing nothing, but in my never-ending quest to get it right, I often ponder–what’s the sweet spot? Stephen King, in his memoir On Writing, advises his readers to write 10 pages per day. He also says to work every day. Other writers, such as Anne […]
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by Jamie
I decided to attend this year’s Romance Writers of America conference in July, and it led me to ponder a few of the reasons writers should (and shouldn’t) attend conferences. Good Reasons: Learn from other writers Learn from industry professionals Meet editors and agents (if you have a finished book) Bad Reasons: You want to be a “writer” by association instead of action You want to make sure an editor or agent reads your work You want to stalk editors […]
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by Jamie
Did you know that The Sex Quotient is a prequel to Call Me Wicked? Let the experiment begin! Subject/victim: Griffin Reed Theory: Sensual pleasure makes people stupid. Stupid people don’t get promotions. Therefore must have sex with Griffin to keep competitive edge…Procedure: Lots of satisfaction for Griffin. Contain self in order to keep brainpower optimal. Macy Thomaston has just learned the most important scientific discovery ever–intense sexual pleasure leads to a temporary dip in IQ. Surely there’s a way to […]
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