Posts Tagged ‘Diane Chamberlain’
Sneak Peek!
Okay, I can’t resist. Here is the new trailer John and I just completed for Secrets She Left Behind. Right now, it’s only up on You Tube. Soon I’ll have it on my website and many, many other places on the web, and it will show up again on the blog once the book is…
Read MoreHelp Me Celebrate Twenty Years!
Will you help me brainstorm? 2009 marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication of my first novel (the picture at the left is from one of my very first booksignings), and I want to celebrate with you, my readers, but I’m not sure what form that celebration should take. I’d love to hear your ideas!…
Read MoreGood Day, Bad Day, Funny Day
The Good Day: I had lunch with two fellow writers, Brenda Witchger and Sarah Shaber. We talked about Sarah’s work-in-progress, which is going to be so good, and the synopsis for what we lovingly call Bren’s “vinyl book” (the vinyl refers to old records), which is going to equally wonderful. And we had terrific humongous…
Read MoreGiving Thanks
As I wait to hear from my publisher, I think it’s time for me to focus on all I have to be thankful for. It’s always easy to dwell on what’s wrong instead of what’s right, isn’t it? So here goes: I’m employed, when so many people are not. What a difficult holiday season it…
Read MoreWelcome to My Roller Coaster
In my last post, I was celebrating. My editor had emailed me with the news that The Midwife’s Confession was a go. My celebration was premature, I’m afraid. A couple of posts before that one, I wrote about some of the reasons a synopsis might not be accepted, remember that? One of the reasons was…
Read MoreCreating a Story, Cont'd: Time to Celebrate!
Yesterday I opened an email from my editor and learned her response to the synopsis: I have two words for you–Love. It. Those of you who’ve followed my synopsis-writing journey know how overjoyed I am to get this news! The book is tentatively titled The Midwife’s Confession (thus the picture on the left. Adorable, no?)…
Read MoreHey!
When did people start using the word “hey” instead of “hi”? I remember when I first heard this word used in casual greeting. I was researching my fourth novel, Keeper of the Light, in the early ’90s and contacted the woman who was heading up the renovation of the keeper’s house at the Currituck Beach Lighthouse in…
Read MoreCreating a Story, Cont'd: Suspense
After taking a break for the election and to talk about my cute new UK cover, I’m following up on my recent posts about creating a story. You may recall that I hadn’t quite finished the synopsis for my next book while in the Outer Banks. Once I got home, I whipped through to…
Read MoreWe Could be Anywhere. . .
Bren and I are still at the beach. We’ve been out of the house exactly once, and probably won’t leave it again until we’re ready to take off for home on Thursday. That’s because we’ve been working up a storm! I came up with my brand new idea. I have loads and loads of details…
Read MoreCuss Words Revisited
We’ve talked before about the “colorful” language sometimes used in novels and my readers represent many different opinions on the subject. My opinion is and always has been that such language should not be gratuitous (same with graphic sex and violence), but it’s sometimes necessary. (note: those of you easily offended had better skip After the Storm, the sequel…
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