Keeping track of the chronology of a story is important to me, so here is the chronology of Oliver & Jack: At Lodgings In Lyme. Earlier, Wendy Rathbone and I were talking via email about our current projects; though the characters and settings are very different, the topics and tropes we are working with are very similar, […]
At Lodgings In Lyme Is Live
Amidst all the hub bub of regular life, what with going to work and doing the laundry and drinking cups of tea, I was able to push the publish button on my latest book, Oliver & Jack At Lodgings In Lyme. Actually, it was more than one button. Would you like to know how many […]
Obsessing Over Lyme Regis
When I write about my characters, I do far too much research about the area that they’ll be in. And, typically, it’s usually some place I’ve actually been, though I’m always too jazzed about being there while I’m there to take proper notes. That’s where the internet comes in handy! (And really, is there actually […]
Rhode Hill House
Currently, my editor has Book #2 in the Oliver & Jack series, and I thought it might be fun to share some of the research that I did for that book, mostly with fun pictures or maps. Nothing tedious that a reader might have to slog through because, as I have often been told, not […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Twenty-One
I have no idea what I just wrote. I do know that I packed 4,396 words, which is the most words I’ve written in one day, in a long time. And, incidentally, I hit 100,278 total words today. I credit my newly burgeoning habit of writing every day, thanks to NaNoWriMo, and my supportive friends, […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Nine
When I write, I like to have chunks of time on either side. I need time before I write to get my act together, and I need time after I write, so that I’m not rushing through what I’m doing on account of the fact that I must soon leave to meet someone. So on […]