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Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.
Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.
Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.
Cheryl Hodde writes romantic medical suspense under the pen name of Hannah Alexander, using all the input she can get from her husband, Mel, for the medical expertise. For fun she hikes and reads. Out of guilt, she rescues discarded cats. She and Mel are presently taking orders from four pampered strays.
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I have a tendency to avoid things I should be doing such as housework. I have baskets of clean laundry all over my bedroom that need to be folded and put away. Dishes are the next worst, once I get them washed I hate putting them away.
I also procrastinate on things that intimidate me. Such as starting a new project. I am working my way towards adding writing back into my world. I used to write poetry and I have always wanted to right a novel. I am working my way toward that goal.
Good luck with the book.
I am ALWAYS like that about my own work. In the middle, I"m convinced it sucks and my career is over. LOL I'm always on tenterhooks waiting for Ami's notes.
My son, at 34, just gave his legos to his best friend's boys. LOL Talk about saving! It was a suitcase full.
And to the plot thing, Kristin, I haev to plot, but it's only a road map for me. Without it I wander and meander and never get anywhere. But if I have those "plot points" to follow (like road signs) I can let the characters take over. If they get too far off the road, I can pull them back.
I've found I've tossed out some of the scenes I had planned when the characters change things on me, and that's okay. Occasionally, I have to go back and change earlier parts because a character has done something totally cool and it has to stay.
I'm okay with all that, but there is no way I'd get out of my own driveway without that road map beside me.
I love reading the newspaper as soon as it arrives. However, I have a tendency to toss the coupon pages aside....to cut out later....sometimes they expire before I get back to them!!
Keep up the great writing, Kristin.
I procrastinate writing when I'm not feeling good about the story--ie when I'm in the middle of the book.
I also procrastinate after the first draft when I have to go back and read it from start to finish. What if it's awful? ACK! Suddenly the laundry is calling, and my desk drawers really need organizing.
Ahh! Me, me, me, me!!!
I know how to plot, my characters have a will of their own. It is my downfall. But I'm slowing becoming a more stern writer. :)
And ditto to the Legos. Great little toys but ouch on bare feet!
Ditto to what y'all said. I always hate the book about the middle, knowing I'm not hitting it.
Then I feel good about it, and when I start over to edit, fix and rewriting, I go, "What was I thinking? This is horrible."
Writing is HARD work. But I love it!
Rachel
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