Sometimes anniversaries are wonderful and other times, they are not. A huge anniversary came and went—without any fanfare. To be fair, this isn’t the kind of anniversary most people would like to celebrate or mark with a cupcake. So why am I remembering something that happened over 2 years ago—April 14, 2017, to be exact.… Read More Anniversaries…
Normally, this time of year I write some kind of ode to my mother who passed away seven years ago. This year I will touch on my mother within the context of this subject. However, I felt somewhat compelled to write about power because it was on my mind all week. A tweet about a… Read More Power Trip…
Plotters, as in writers who create an outline and know exactly where a story is heading, scene by scene, never have this problem. Pantsters, like myself, who have zero specific plans and let the story flow and go wherever it takes them, struggle with this from time to time. A few weeks ago I wrote… Read More Stuck…
I was reading a string of responses after a very funny post on writing sex scenes. That got me to thinking about my own experience with this topic. You know I had to add my two cents. Ah, the dreaded sex scene. I know I am not alone in my anxiety over writing sex scenes.… Read More Let’s Talk About Sex Baby…Part 3
All right get your heads out of the gutter. I’m not talking about orgasms here. This week’s topic is about story arcs. Most writers plot out their stories with this concept in mind and follow a relatively typical pattern to achieve the common arc. The arc goes something like this: There is a beginning that… Read More Peaking Too Soon…
I was going to write about something a lot more fun (the size of a person’s clit and what that means), but this topic surfaced for me, so I had to go there. Don’t worry, I think I will try to write that one next week. Over the last few years, I’ve noticed an increasing… Read More Stereotypes Suck…
I am at that age where I get to claim whatever damn label I want for myself. That hasn’t always been the case for me. This past week, I was binge watching a series called, Dyke Central. That got me to thinking…what do others think about using the word dyke? So, of course, I posted… Read More Dykes R Us
Wow…two blogs in one week. Being a part of a blog tour was super fun, but this topic was just too delicious to pass up. So…this past week there was a Facebook post that got a lot of action regarding detailed descriptors of characters or not – what do readers prefer. That’s a good topic,… Read More Boobs and Bras….
I’ve been catching up lately on a series I absolutely adore from an author that to my knowledge is never mentioned in any of the Facebook groups I belong to. That is a crying shame. I started following Rosalyn Wraight many years ago when I was gobbling up every single lesbian fiction novel I could… Read More Learning to Love Ourselves
