Two Questions to Ask Characters (and some excerpts from Lou Sylvre’s WIPs)

Hello! I’m Lou Sylvre, back again, this time to talk a little bit about characters and questions, or actually two questions for characters. I wrote last month about how I plot to pants and pants over my plotting. Here’s a Read more

LA, Audiobooks, Contracts and More: Tales from the Writing Cave

Hello there! A bit belated on this monthly post because I was travelling to Los Angeles yesterday to join Dreamspinner Press at the LA Times Festival of Books. Check out the schedule of book signings. I’ll be doing mine tomorrow Read more

Retreat and Advance: News from the Writing Cave

Can you believe that beautiful coastline? Our writers retreat on the Oregon coast happened last month and it went beyond expectations. Seven of us along with my hubby the cook rented a gorgeous oceanfront house for three nights. We settled Read more

Report from the Writing Cave: 2017 bye-bye, 2018 hello

Hello All! I thought it would be good to wave goodbye to 2017 and say hello to 2018 (a little late) regarding my writing. 2017 was a bad year in general. My beloved mother died on January 19 and not-my-president Read more

Fighting On by S.C. Wynne

Good morning all!   You’ve probably heard by now that Loose Id is closing. They were my very first publisher and I’ll always have a soft spot for them in my heart.  I learned a lot from my editor, Kathleen Calhoun, Read more

End of Summer Musings and an Eye on the Future

The end of summer is almost here. I’ve always felt a bit mixed about this time of year, wanting to stay in the past but barreling toward the future. Summer reminds me of vacations from school, dipping my feet in Read more