by scottd | May 16, 2009 | Dunes And Dreams, RWA
No, not in any WIP or book I’m reading. Chapter 215 is the official number given to Dunes & Dreams as one of the newest chapters of RWA! It began over lunch at a local seafood restaurant on a cold Sunday afternoon in December 2008. In attendance were myself,...
by scottd | May 14, 2009 | Books, gripes, Writing and authors
One of my recent reads was a book by an author whose works I used to devour on a regular basis. At one time, I had half a dozen favorites among her collection, stories I’d re-read again and again, or just flip to favorite scenes to analyze how she’d put...
by scottd | May 11, 2009 | Excerpt Monday, Katherine Brandon, Kismet's Angel, Romance Divas
It’s Excerpt Monday over at the Romance Divas. For today’s treat, I thought I’d share the prologue for my first historical romance, written under my alias, Katherine Brandon, for The Wild Rose Press. I hope you’ll enjoy it. PROLOGUEIn a...
by scottd | May 9, 2009 | A Run for the Money, appearances, Books, Booksignings, Conference, Contest, Deadlines, Dunes And Dreams, Promo, RWA National, WIP
The fact that I currently have a heaping plate of issues screaming to be addressed on a daily basis can only mean one thing:It’s time to start my next WIP. I know. I’m a lunatic. But it seems I not only thrive on pressure, I crave it to the point I...
by scottd | May 6, 2009 | Books, gripes, Writing and authors
I used to be one of those readers who’d keep slogging through a story–no matter how bored I became with it. Before my publishing days, I did it in the naive hope the story might get better. When I started writing, I continued reading to the end of every...