I admit—I’m addicted to the Holiday Baking Championship shows. The Thanksgiving, holiday, Easter, bake-off with champions, kids. All of them.
Tag: Vicki Batman
The Big Switch
I began my writing career with my first humorous romantic mystery, Temporarily Employed.
Discovery
I know what you are thinking—what does discovery have to do with writing? For me, there are several things to discover in the writing process: 1/Finding out what a cover artist has developed for the cover of the book. 2/Delving into edits to uncover what an editor feels the book needs to be fully developed….
Readers Wanted
Welcome to our brand new Sisterhood of Suspense Readers’ Forum on Facebook! Join us for excerpts, cover reveals, and ARCs. Meet and interact with a great group of writers. Ask about our books, our writing process, our pets, or even our favorite places for vacation. 😀 Help us out when we need a character name, a…
Psst: A Secret #2 Adding Emotion to our stories
When I was a tad younger, I went to a party with friends. At that time, a college buddy owned a moped shop. He was searching for a young lady to represent his store at an RV show’s beauty contest. I had modeled in college and knew I could do it, but should I? After…
A Holiday Break
Every year, I travel to a small town with friends for a weekend of girl-time (clarification-without husbands). You know the kind—where we hash out our problems, catch up on our families, delve into what’s new, discuss books we’ve read, where we’ve traveled. Life stuff. But we go to this specific town for the Christmas…
Why write short stories?
More importantly, why write holiday short stories? I cut my teeth by writing short stories. I hadn’t tried until my RWA chapter friend and I joined forces to critique each other’s work. She asked me to read very short stories, like less than 1,000 words to sub to Women’s World magazine. Feeling a little out…
Word by Word 