So, I’m up to 787 books I’ve read (since I started keeping count, anyways). The latest is It Happened in South Beach by Jennie Klassel. It’s about a strait-laced Boston freelance writer who inherits a sex-toy shop in Florida when her aunt is murdered. There’s also handsome Interpol agent in the mix, along with eccentric neighbors, wacky best friends, and cats. →
Agent Kristin Nelson has been blogging about cover blurbs this week. She’s got some really interesting insights. Check her out at Pub Rants. I’m on the prowl for cover blurbs myself right now. Well, my editor and agent are on the prowl. They’ve sent Karma Girl out to some folks, and we’re waiting to hear back. For those of you who don’t →
All writers dream of getting “The Call.” That first phone call when your agent or editor phones you and tells you that yes, someone wants to publish your book. It’s a wonderful feeling, the highest of highs. But reality eventually sets in. And you realize that now you have to sell the *@$! thing. That you getting another book published will →
Watched the Heroes pilot last night. As a comic-book fan and writer, I was interested to see how and if it would work — and if it would be too much like X-Men. It did, and it wasn’t. It totally rocked. Dug the characters. Dug their conflicts. Dug their emerging powers. And wondered what it all meant and how they’ll →
I finally sold this year, after many, many, many years of writing and querying and getting rejected. When that magical moment came, I was thrilled. I’d finally achieved my dream. I’d made it. My work was good enough, I was smart enough, and doggone it, people liked me. And I wouldn’t get rejected anymore. Boy, was I wrong. I went on a →
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