Archives for “once upon a time in the west”

For most of my life I was quite skeptical of love at first sight.  I was never a fan of the device in novels.  I don’t think I’ve written a book where the hero and heroine are struck with the love bug, although I have used love at first sight for secondary characters and back [...]


Time does fly, except when you’re eagerly awaiting something. Remember when you were a kid–for some of us this is greater stretch than for others–and everything seemed to be so far away? Your next birthday.  Christmas.  Summer vacation.  High school.  Graduation.  Being legal.  Being on your own.  All seemed to be so far out of [...]


Last week my blog was about the birth of a cover.  This week we will move on to how titles are created, or at least how they are sometimes created.  At least for me. When I begin a novel, I need a title.  Not sure why, but putting Book #56 on something just doesn’t excite [...]