Leave it to me to dive back into my early morning writing routine right when we’re all still groggy from the time change. But remember how I said that my writing goes in seasons? This is the start of a big one for me. Because the truth is, I haven’t had a chance to touch…
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We’re all a little groggy from the time change, I suspect. Welcome to Daylight Saving Time, 2014. Woo. Look at all that daylight we’re saving. Oh, wait, my eyes won’t stay open. In honor of the leaping forward we’re all doing today, time lord-like, let’s talk about times we’ve taken a leap into the void….
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Congrats to Christina, who won a copy of WHEN PATTY WENT AWAY by guest author Jeannie Burt! From the 2014 Debs… Heather Webb has disappeared into her editing cave and has barely emerged all week. Her family is starting to wonder if her fingers are glued to her keyboard. Alas, RODIN’S LOVER awaits. Lisa Alber had a…
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Today we welcome novelist Ann Garvin, an Easterner who lives in the Midwest and a fiction writer who makes a living as a scientist and educator. While working as a nurse, she completed her PhD in exercise psychology. Decades of teaching health and studying what makes people tick proved a perfect backdrop for her novels, On…
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All I can say is “wow.” Today I completed a four-day writers retreat with New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs. As I write this (Thursday night), I’m sitting on my bed at the Hilton in Eugene, Oregon. OK, I’m exhausted–but I’m also exhilarated. I got some good work done, which you can read about on…
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As an extrovert, I LOVE attending conferences and I’m gearing up (with much anticipation!) for those I’ll be attending this year. I get buzzed meeting all of those talented writers, agents, and editors. This is not the case for some of you. Many writers are introverts and cower at the thought of working a room…
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The first time I went to a writers’ conference, I’m certain I reeked of hope and delusion–a mixture that smells, by the way, a lot like a third cup of coffee gone cold. I had “finished” (or so I thought) revising my first novel about 12 hours earlier. I marched into my three agent pitch…
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As I write this, I’m sitting in an airport terminal in Dallas, waiting for my final flight back to Austin. Bare with me, I’m exhausted. Not only did I spend the last four days in Seattle for AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference) with 13,000 other writers, but my flight home got cancelled…
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My first novel, THE BLACK HOUR, isn’t out until July, but I’ve been a part of the mystery writing community for several years. How? One word: conferences. I went to my first Bouchercon, the annual world mystery conference, as an aspiring author. I had a book almost done, but wasn’t quite ready to submit it….
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Congrats to Linda, who won a copy of SCANDAL IN SKIBBEREEN by guest author Sheila Connolly! From the 2014 Debs… Lisa Alber received a box of books, beautiful books! Behold, KILMOON! Susan Gloss is honored that VINTAGE has been selected as a “Midwest Connections” spring pick by the Midwest Independent Booksellers’ Association (MIBA). She’ll be attending MIBA’s conference…
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