by Gina Ardito | Jan 15, 2015 | Afterlife, Afterlife Series, Author Quirks, Readers and Writers, Romance Writing, Time Management, Waiting in the Wings, Writers and Authors, Writing and authors
I’ve been working (off and on) on WAITING IN THE WINGS for almost a year now. I know there are readers saying, “Come on already! How long can it take to write a book?”Depends on the book. Some books basically write themselves and can be completed in...
by Gina Ardito | Nov 15, 2014 | Afterlife Series, Music, NaBloWriMo, Soundtrack for Books, Waiting in the Wings, Writing and authors
Okay, so I was *supposed* to take off until the New Year after making my deadline for my Harlequin book. I promised. But I always say I’m a crack-addict writer. I need my regular fix. So I plunged back into my Afterlife Series. Book III, WAITING IN THE WINGS, is...
by Gina Ardito | Sep 5, 2014 | Amazon, Authors Behaving Badly, Facebook, Goodreads, Plagiarism, Quotations, Readers and Writers, Writers and Authors, Writing and authors
Sigh! It’s happening again. Every few months or so, something brings out the ugly author. Maybe it’s lunar. We creative types are often driven by the phases of the moon. Maybe it’s the solitude of our craft. We tend to immerse ourselves in our...
by Gina Ardito | Jul 23, 2014 | Literacy, romance, RWA, RWA National, San Antonio, Writing and authors
Photo courtesy of RWA Well, I made it.One of the things I love about RWA National is that, when you arrive, it’s almost as if the last year hasn’t happened. Oh, sure, there’ve been new books sold, new works published, people who are missing,...
by Gina Ardito | May 26, 2014 | Afterlife Series, Blog Hop, Catherine Chant, Katherine Brandon, Kimberly Wenzler, Paranormal romance, Waiting in the Wings, Writing and authors, Xavia
Catherine ChantFirst, my thanks to Catherine Chant for the invitation to participate in this blog hop about writers and how they put words on the page.Catherine writes YA paranormal (and Vampire Diaries fan-fiction for the Amazon Worlds program). Her first...
by Gina Ardito | Jul 26, 2013 | Advice Whether You Want it or Not, Atlanta, Writers and Authors, Writing and authors, writing tips
While I was in Atlanta, one of my friends told me about a conversation she had with someone else (let’s call this person Olivia) about me. Olivia commented that I was “really serious.” When my friend assured her that I was actually a bit of a goof,...
