RITA ® Award-Winning Author of Fantasy Romance
//How being a career creative is an ongoing process of discovering how we work and create, and why – if you’re an intuitive writer like I am – you might need to write from a character’s POV to understand them.
//Thoughts on story, character, agenda – what is the story trying to do? What do WE want to do as creators? Also, is using someone else’s characters and world “cheating”? Does filing off the serial numbers transform a work?
//Last day to sign up for my ARC team! Also, thoughts on success, the metrics we use, and strategies for determining what WE want from our writing careers and lives in general.
//I’m taking signups for my ARC team if you’re interested. Also some analyses on books I’ve been reading and some advice for the newbie-r writers out there on not trying to do too much. Also, keeping secrets too long.
//On the exciting Murderbot adaptation news, less happy ACOTAR adaptation news, and why authors have to expect to give up creative control on these things. Also, why I switched projects and the importance of being honest with ourselves as creators so we can hear our intuition through the emotional jingle-jangle.
//On professional jealousy (yes, it’s real), that one guy who *has* to say something, and print runs in traditional publishing. What we do and don’t know, the effect of print on demand, and other forms of black magic, smoke & mirrors.
//My VOW for Girls project – a special treat for you all. About the new book in my favorite series and how I miss the edge it once had. Also: endorsement quotes (or blurbs) – do they work? Does anyone care? I say YES.
//Why I’m participating in VOW for Girls to stop child marriage, thoughts on donating (& why you don’t have to), joy, best ways to build and refine craft, why I don’t journal, and how I’m a Swiftie forever.
//The RELUCTANT WIZARD audiobook is available wide! Preorder NEVER THE ROSES at B&N for 35% off today only! Also, my editorial meeting, participation in VOW for Girls, and the unbearable loudness of casita-building.
//My weekend with Darynda and a report on her and thoughts on the joy of writing and living life the way we want to. Also a special FaRoFeb present! And listening to audiobooks at higher speeds – why is Audible against it?
