Celeste – MIA
Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!
~ Dr Seuss
Archive for July, 2009
Writing Update
Posted in Uncategorized on 31/07/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Trudging, trudging and time away!
Posted in writing, tagged Inspiration, ireland, writer's block, writing on 24/07/2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend, from Thursday morning to Monday night, I was able to get away all by myself and duck over to Ireland for the weekend. It’s my second visit to Dublin, and I have the best time there. The best way to describe my feelings on Ireland is to say that were Europe my house, [...]
Absent Muse
Posted in writing, tagged moving house, muse on 18/07/2009 | 2 Comments »
I know I blogged recently about life getting in the way of writing, and that is certainly happening to me more than ever. We are moving house and building one and working hard at non-writing projects. Clearly, my heroine, Celeste, doesn’t like it. She’s gone. I sit down at the computer ready to get at [...]
This is the soundtrack…
Posted in writing, tagged books, music, soundtracks, writing on 09/07/2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have hopefully found the key in unlocking my creative process. It took me a month to work it out, but I think each story has to have a soundtrack, of sorts. My last book’s characters met each other as teens, were separated, and then met up again as adults. Subconsciously, a lot of Taylor [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, hotels, muse, writing on 06/07/2009 | 1 Comment »
I swear there is nothing so divine, as a romance writer, than going away with your husband for the weekend. It was our fifth wedding anniversary on the weekend and we went to stay at a gorgeous old hotel in the city. Within minutes of me walking in the door, I could “see” a woman. [...]
Success!
Posted in writing, tagged books, writing on 03/07/2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have finally conquered the empty Word page, which taunted me so cruelly for the last three weeks. Three pages down and I’m already heartbroken for poor Annie and struggling not to get to the part where she really blossoms and things fall into place for her. Ah well. I will struggle through with her, [...]