It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. That’s a famous first sentence from George Orwell’s novel 1984 published in 1949. The sentence lets you know at once that this story is no ordinary story. Every story has to have a first sentence. That first sentence needs to not only pull the reader into a …
And So We Look for the End
I’m still searching for those elusive words “the end” with my deadline zooming toward me. Well, actually my original deadline is seven days gone, but where one deadline is missed, another takes its place soon after. So since most of my words need to be on the trail of those two sneaky little words that keep hiding from me, I …
Let’s Talk Titles – Titling Time Again
Only weeks away from the release of Small Town Girl, my second Rosey Corner book. It follows up the characters in Angel Sister five years later. And now it’s time to title the Rosey Corner book I’m writing now. My working title has been Home to Rosey Corner. I like it but I haven’t had any illusions about that title …