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Last night I breathed a sigh of relief as I turned in the edits for BLOOD SONG, the first of our new series, "The Blood Singer." And what better way to celebrate turning it in than to share part of it with YOU, our fans! :D So over the next few days, I'll be posting up the first chapter of the bo...
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The face of publishing might be changing every few seconds, but that doesn’t change what a writer has to do. A writer writes. I’m currently editing the first hundred pages of my Young Adult novel, then I’m going to finish the manuscript. While I’m writing that book, I̵...
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One of the hardest questions I get is How is the book going? The person asking is probably doing it along the lines of Hi, how are you?, but this isn't as easy to answer as they think it is and it requires me questioning them in return.Which book? Do they mean Edge of Dawn, my book that came ou...
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Had some work done on the truck. It is an old truck (but a good one). I am very fond of it, and all things considered, it has run very well for a very long time. BUT the transmission is going. They've done some work that will extend its life, but are now going to have to look for a used one. ...
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When I got back into writing romance, it was at a time when the ‘golden age’ was ending. The publishers were no longer giving the big advances that the ground-breakers received. The industry as a whole was changing. I always knew I wouldn’t get to experience what they had. Mostl...
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The one thing that continually surprises me is how many writers are unfamiliar with computers--even the word processing software they use! Now granted, some of the things in Word that aren't accessed often are not easy to figure out, but we're talking simple stuff here like creating headers or g...
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Okay, I didn't post the serial yesterday. In fact, didn't do much online yesterday. Went on a run to the city with the co-author and discussed a lot of important stuff and even more not-so-important stuff. The time off has been good for me. Still haven't completely pulled my head together, bu...
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Okay, I've been sick, and pooped, and I am so far behind on EVERYTHING that it is truly terrifying. There are edits that HAVE to get done and the animals are being VERY needy because I've been ill and not able to fuss over them like I normally do. Lucky the Wonder Dog, in particular, needs lots...
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Summer is a really hard time for me to write. I'm not sure why. The days are longer which means I don't get tired as early and that should equal more writing time, right? Only in summer, I want to be outside. Maybe that's a Minnesota thing because our summers are so short and our cold weather...
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I (Cathy) spent the weekend of October 23-25 in Suffern, NY at the Authors After Dark convention. At the end of the convention, the attending authors were asked to wait to blog about the event until today so everybody could join in the fun!This was a really great gathering of very fun authors and...
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That's what I need. A subject for my blog. The weekend was far busier than I wanted it to be. I really wanted a lazy weekend, but the fella wanted to Do Stuff. We went to the Wings Over Houston air show and saw the Blue Angels we missed in San Francisco. We hurried home to be there for trick-or-t...
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I’ve turned in my edits for the Mammoth Book of Special Ops Romances. It’s good to have them done. My story is called Heat of the Night. It’s a priest meets girl, girl likes priest story…sort of. My urban fantasy has been reworked and sent off to my agent. That will make...
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Disclosure: I received a copy of Liquid Story Binder free from Giveaway of the Day about a year ago (maybe longer) and this is the version of the program I took out for a test drive. Last night, I went to the website and bought a license for this software because I wanted to be able to upgrade t...
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CRIMSON is finally here. Yep, today is release day. Much celebrating has commenced. Pick up your copy now. If you can’t find it in your local store, it’s available here, here, here, and here. Happy Reading! Copyright © 2009 Jordan Summers. This Feed is for personal non-commercia...
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I'm trying to figure things out. I've gotten a little lost along the way. Life has changed, and I have changed, and it's not a good fit right now. Also, I'm getting old. Didn't expect to. Kind of a shock.Note -- the kitties do not like it when I am depressed. They fret quite a lot. But th...
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There’s candy all over my house. In bowls and bags, in the fridge and freezer, upstairs and downstairs. My kids carried their separate candy stashes around with them all day on Sunday, from room to room, inside and outside. I’m not sure why they do that. They really don’t eat th...
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I am totally phone-phobic. I hate it and do everything I can to avoid using it. This is one of the reasons it amazes me that people spend like every minute in their cars on their cell phones. Hello? This is the place you can go to get away from the damn phone. (I do own a cell phone, but it's...
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Hi all.It's been a while since I've posted. I'm going to try to make up for that by giving you a nice, long post. Assuming I can stay upright that long.Once upon a time I was diagnosed with an Unspecified Chronic Fatiguing Illness. It was pure hell for about two years, then it went into remiss...
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When I go to conferences or retreats or workshops, I believe that if I learn One Thing that will help me (even at cooking lessons or art classes) in the future, then the event was worth my time.So at the end of my wonderful weekend near Waco (Valley Mills is about 25 miles NW of Waco, but it's no...
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When authors talk about Point of View (usually abbreviated as POV), we mean whose head are we in as we write the scene. Are we seeing things unfold from the heroine's perspective? The hero's? A secondary character? Writers hear all kinds of rules about POV, too. The most popular is write the...
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I think I first saw a mention of Steering the Craft on PBW’s site. I looked it up, read the reviews and thought they sounded interesting enough to pick the book up.The book has exercises geared for improving your writing craft. I started working through it yesterday. I plan to do a chapter ...
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The folks are on a jet plane making their way toward Scotland. And once again we are painfully reminded how very far away from family we live. I didn’t go down to the airport to see them off because I was already sniffling before they left. Didn’t think me boo-hooing at the airport wo...
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Okay, I'm back and sufficiently recovered to post something.The con was wonderful except for the food poisoning. That sucked. And it put me WAAAAAAY behind on a lot of things I had hoped to accomplish. So I spent a whole lot of money on a lovely trip and spent most of the time in the bathroom. Ye...
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I got permission to share the cover art for my first young adult novel, Glimmerglass, which is tentatively scheduled to come out in August of 2010. I think it's fabulous. Very different from any of my...
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I have a guest blogger today, Crystal Jordan.The first time I "met" Crystal was when she asked me to be part of a workshop on Science Fiction Romance at Romance Divas. That was in 2007, I think. Fast forward. We reconnected on Twitter, became friends. She's funny, smart, insightful, and I'm luck...
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Or maybe it was a Treat for Writers.I went on my annual pilgrimage to Valley Mills with my writer friends for the Heart of Texas writers' retreat.The place we go isn't fancy. There are cobwebs in the rafters, and the floor slopes across the back room from the bathroom to the back door. There are ...
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Yep, in exactly one week it’s CRIMSON’S offical release date. I’m nervous, but not too bad since I’ve done all I can do on my end. I’ll be keeping my eye open for it. Let me know if you spot it early. Copyright © 2009 Jordan Summers. This Feed is for personal n...
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Have you ever been asked to pick out your weaknesses or strengths? Have you ever asked yourself what your weaknesses/strengths are? I don’t know about you all, but I find that question hard as hell to answer realistically. It sends my inner critic into over-drive and by the time it’s ...
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Last night, I watched 1776 a musical with William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, and Ken Howard. It's actually one of my favorites, but that wasn't what I planned on watching on an October weekend. Unfortunately, what I did plan to see left me bored, and after studying my DVD collection, this was th...
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There are two approaches to reinventing yourself as a writer. There are those that refuse to see the writing on the wall and try to hang on to what little recognition they’ve received. And there are those that cut their losses and get excited by the new possibilities change can bring. I adm...
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I first met Ken Casper at a book signing in San Angelo, Texas. He wasn't signing, but visiting a friend who was sitting next to us. Our next meeting was after the Brenda Novak charity auction. I'd won an item he donated and we met at a restaurant to exchange it rather than send it out in a steril...
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