I’m not much of a numbers person, but when I released my fourteenth novel a month or so ago, I came to an inescapable mathematical conclusion. I’ve written at least a million words of fiction in the last five years. My novels average 75,000 words, although some are longer than that. And according to my […]
How to remember character details without losing your mind
Many of the reviews of the books in my Alpine Grove series mention how much they enjoy reading about the town itself. One reviewer said that he felt like he could draw a map based on the books and several folks want to move there. Just as in real small towns, in the fictional town […]
Fun and a Whole Lot of Fur
As a writer, some of my favorite reviews are when readers say they literally laughed out loud at one of the scenes in my books. For example, a number of readers have commented on the scene in my first novel Chez Stinky where the main character, Kat struggles to get her cat into a kitty […]
What Is a Beta Reader?
In the acknowledgements at the back of my Alpine Grove novels, I always include a thank you to beta readers. Not too long ago, someone asked me what a beta reader is. The definition of “beta reader” depends upon the author and the author’s process to some degree. Here’s how beta readers fit into my […]
How One Naked Idea Became Fuzzy Logic
People often ask how authors come up with ideas for their books. In the case of my first novel, Chez Stinky, my sister originally came up with the title years ago and the premise that the house was stinky because of the presence of many animals. The story evolved (drastically) from there. But that’s what […]
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