Although I love Dickins, my playful muse, right now he's being decidedly difficult. He's been whining and complaining because I've been insisting on working on my historical romance novel instead of letting him play around with new stories.  He's bored with "The Wrong Woman" and is chomping at the bit, wanting to work on one of the other projects he's added to my list of things-to-do.  All in good time, Dickins, all in good time!

To appease him tonight, I let him help me add another "Tips for ...
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I forgot to mention that one of my short stories will be appearing as the featured Valentine's romance story on The Long and the Short of It.  Watch for it next February!  It's titled "Be Careful with Your Heart".

Since Valentine's Day is the most romantic of our holidays, I'm also putting together a Valentine website. I hope to have it ready to share soon after the first of the year.  If you have favorite Valentine links or ideas for a Valentine site, please let me know.  You can always e-mai...
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One of the questions I often hear is "How do you come up with ideas?"  That question usually comes from friends who aren't writers.  Writers know where and how to come up with ideas.  The question I usually hear from other writers is "How do you turn your ideas into stories?"  We each have our own ways of going about that process, of course. But sometimes it's helpful to know how other writers approach the process. 

In the last week, I've written three short stories, each one different, yet e...

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