An interesting post by Nat Hentoff, How Much Digital Reading Stays inside You?, appeared recently on the Cato Institute’s website. Hentoff ruminates on the findings of Naomi S. Barron that reading on digital devices encourages skimming rather than an in-depth focus on the text. Fine for reading fiction, but what about processing and absorbing, for example,…Continue reading News Roundup
Month: July 2014
Romance Isn’t Solely for Women
A few years ago, I introduced Richard to the wonderful writings of Jennifer Crusie, beginning with Agnes and the Hitman, co-written with Bob Mayer. It’s one of my all-time favorite reads. If you haven’t read it yet, you don’t know what you’re missing out on. Richard was rather disdainful of romances at the time. He scoffed…Continue reading Romance Isn’t Solely for Women
Road Trip!
Earlier this week, my son and I went on a three-day road trip through North Carolina, in part to fulfill requirements for one of his merit badges (he’s a Boy Scout) and in part for me to do a little research. Our first stop was the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in Flat Rock, NC. To…Continue reading Road Trip!
First Lines of Upcoming Stories
I absolutely cannot keep secrets. (I know, it’s terrible, but there ya go.) That’s why y’all are usually the second group of people to know what I’m working on, besides Richard and my son. I’ve got so many things up in the air right now that I’m really doing a balancing act. In addition to…Continue reading First Lines of Upcoming Stories
New Covers for The Prophecy and Light’s Bane
L.J. Anderson of Mayhem Cover Creations is responsible for the lovely covers of the Daughters of the People series. While booking her time to create covers for the next three books in the series, I asked her to update the covers for The Prophecy and Light’s Bane. The changes for LB were relatively simple updates to the fonts for the…Continue reading New Covers for The Prophecy and Light’s Bane
News Roundup
The thirteenth and final installment of “No Good Deed” was published in my newsletter on July 4th. In this story, Varin, an immortal Daughter of the People, flees from the Eternal Order and finds love in the most unexpected place. It’s more of an historical fantasy than a romance and has a bummer of an…Continue reading News Roundup
The Tipping Point for Writing a Story, or Levi’s Story
Sometimes, characters push so hard to be written that it’s really hard to ignore their voices in your head. That’s why I rearranged my writing schedule and began working on Tempered, because the characters were ready to be put on paper. Now, about a week ago, I started fantasizing about how nice it would be to spend…Continue reading The Tipping Point for Writing a Story, or Levi’s Story