by Mary | May 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Want to lose a pound overnight? Just sit all day around, crying and not eating, because you’re sure you’re going to have to put your dog down. Worked for me, although the loss is undoubtedly water weight, given all the weeping. Our dachshund Annie is...
by Mary | Mar 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
A lot goes into selecting a title for a book or movie, but no matter what you choose, you also have to have what people in the film industry call an elevator pitch: the short and catchy phrase that says what something is about. Sometimes titles ARE the pitch. “Bambi...
by Mary | Feb 15, 2013 | Uncategorized, Writer Tech
A reader recently asked how long a “typical” 500-word session is for me. So this morning, I paid attention to what actually happens when I’m working on a book. I never used to be a morning person, but I wake up at 4 AM these days — something...
by Mary | Jan 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Got what I needed about billiards! –Mary
by Mary | Jan 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Is anybody out there a billiards enthusiast? I’m writing a passage about Morgan Earp who became obsessed with billiards in his late twenties. If you can remember learning to play, I’d love to hear what hooked you about the game. Email me at...
by Mary | Dec 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
This won’t be in the published book. I hated cutting it but sometimes writers have to kill their darlings. I thought this scene would set up an important event later on in the novel, but it just didn’t work out and the characters it introduced (Erbarth and...
