How to write when you just don’t feel like it.

Set the mood I cut the last bunch of flowers from my garden to create a pleasing atmosphere and soothing scent. Prepare your drinks and snacks I'm good for a few hours. When the hot drink is gone, it's on to water.  Play the right music Whatever you like that suites your mood, or your...

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How do you write?

People are always asking how to write and work full time. Here's my advice.   Give up any thoughts of a social life - at least for the first ten years. Use the weather to your advantage. Too hot = air condition and write. Too cold = crank the heat and write. Just right =...

Addicted to publishing

Publishing my first book was both terrifying and exhilarating. How would it be received? Would I be outed as a fraud and have my internet privileges locked away? Would people be kind or mean? So many emotions came with the first book, and when nothing exceptionally bad, or amazingly good happened, I kept writing. As...

What is Horror?

Horror as defined  by Dictionary.com noun an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking,   terrifying, or revolting; a shuddering fear  https://www.dictionary.com/browse/horror Why do we love it so much? My personal theory - I am not going to get into the actual psychology of it, or steal others thoughts. I feel as though horror represents a deep, mysterious, unknown that draws people. At least it does for me....

How Not To Write a Novel

Start with deciding to clean out the closet Then run to the grocery store for ONE item Put it all away, start laundry and arrange flowers.   Realize next weekend is booked solid so you must carve your pumpkin NOW   And Finally - Open your own retail store! https://opalescence.store/  What keeps you from writing? 

The terrifying side of writing

Aside from the critics and trolls, is having to slip out my little bubble of a world and into the lime light. Well there is no limelight (YET)   But there are the self-set meet and greets, book shows, and this one - FRIGHTMARE in the FALLS 2018 in 2 WEEKS!        ...

The Scent of You is the Death of Me.

  I am not a fan of screaming poor me from the roof tops and generally lean away from those who are. However, when the air we breath has already become less than tolerable,  then the masses all douse themselves in chemicals - things have to change. There is a known, and studied, disease labelled...

The incomparable Lucy Lombos

Her namesake says it all: LUCY L- LIGHT; U- UNDERSTANDING; C- CHILDREN; Y- YOUNG AT HEART. Check out her website to learn more bout Lucy:  Website: http://www.lucylombos.com Tell us about your books, genre, stand-alone or series. I write children’s books most of the time because I am a staunch children’s literacy advocate. My latest book...