Here’s what I’ve learned about writing in the last three years. When everyone else is: watching TV, I am probably writing. sleeping, I am usually writing and editing. on FaceBook, I’m…ooops…gotta get back to writing. blogging, I am writing, wishing I had more time to blog. shopping, I am revising a chapter. texting and tweeting, I am talking to my MC. eating, [...]
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So you want to be a writer…
Posted in cats, character development, Editing, Humor, Late Blooming Writers, writers, Writing, tagged blogging, books, cats, characters, Editing, language, life, something to live for, thoughts, words, writers, Writing on May 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Google ‘street view’–the next best thing to being there
Posted in Writer's "Toolbox, writers, Writing, Writing tools, tagged back streets, description, descriptive elements, google, Google maps, Google street view, life, London, London secondhand bookshops, something to live for, thoughts, words, writers, Writing on April 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
How do you imagine the settings in your book? This is one of my weak spots, especially since one of my settings is in a place I’ve only visited in my imagination. Much as I would prefer to travel and do ‘on location’ research, I’m not at liberty to pack up and fly to London at the moment. I thought a [...]
Admitting my love affair (with writing)
Posted in Late Blooming Writers, writers, Writing, tagged blogging, books, curiosity, Kate DiCamillo, life, solitude, something to live for, thoughts, words, writers, Writing on April 13, 2010 | 8 Comments »
When do you let the cat out of the bag? In the beginning I didn’t tell anyone I was writing a book. I thought it sounded rather pompous, and of course, I didn’t know if I had the guts to sustain it, but I kept hacking away, in the dead of night for going on 3 years. Whatever [...]
Welcome to the Guardian Cats
Cats are the heroes in my book, Guardian Cats & the Lost Books of Alexandria.Now available for Kindle and
NookPrint edition available on Amazon: July 18th, 2011
Guardian Cats love the smell of old books, leather and ink. Like librarians, they are sentries of knowledge, wisdom and the historical record. Like true heroes, they must battle dark forces bent on destroying all that we hold sacred.
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