Archive for January, 2007
Thursday, January 25th, 2007
And in other news …
have just registered for RWA Nationals. Also I have reserved a room at the hotel. I have now preemptively spent my tax return.
4 Comments » - Posted in Romancery by CM
Thursday, January 25th, 2007
Young women and cowardice
ike Tessa, my heroine is nineteen. And like Mary, I think that there’s a certain amount of cowardice inherent in my choice. I don’t know yet how my choices now will change my view of the world. I’m not even sure what my current world view is. And so it might […]
12 Comments » - Posted in Writing by CM
Friday, January 19th, 2007
Why historical romance?
write historical romance because most of what I read is historical romance. I can count the number of contemporary, non-paranormal authors I’ve read on one hand. And I really haven’t liked many of them (except I liked Toni Blake’s Swept Away, and I adore Jenny Crusie).
Why?
Simple. It’s because contemporary books are […]
8 Comments » - Posted in Romancery by CM
Friday, January 19th, 2007
What every historical writer should know about property law
here are some thoughts which strike me as entirely anachronistic when I read them in romance novels. The reason they strike me as such has to do with another major not-quite-hobby of mine, which is a study of the common law. I’m by no means an expert, but I know who the experts […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Romancery by CM
Sunday, January 14th, 2007
Anachronisms
ne part of this story that’s really hard is that I’m writing a scientist. This isn’t so much a problem–I am a scientist, or at least I was for a very long time–except for one thing.
1815 science is nothing like science nowadays. There are four huge differences between 1815 and now. Those […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Ornithology by CM
Saturday, January 13th, 2007
Drafts
‘ve seen it everywhere–you’re supposed to finish a draft before you start a rewrite.
I have decided to take this advice and chuck it down a drain. Why? Because at about the 50,000 word mark–about 36,000 of which are connected–I’ve realized that I’ve lost sight of the story I wanted to tell. I […]
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Thursday, January 11th, 2007
Because, let’s face it …
o Jacqueline wants to know why we’re obsessed with talking about large members.
I have a confession to make. Whatever you want to call it–penmanship or the motion of the ocean–matters most.
But size does matter. And I don’t just mean on the extremes–too small and too large are both uncomfortable. But there’s a […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Romancery by CM
Sunday, January 7th, 2007
How did you get started?
ow did you get started reading romance novels?
I was a late-bloomer, at least as far as reading went. Yes, six years ago (I know I’ve told some of you that it’s less than that, but I really sat down and counted. Gosh. I had no idea so much time had passed!), I thought that romance […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Reading by CM
Saturday, January 6th, 2007
The OED
have to admit, I am a junky. I am addicted to the Oxford English Dictionary, and I’m lucky enough to have access. One of these days, when I finally settle down in one place and have scads of money, I’m going to get all seventeen volumes. Really.
For now, though, I delight […]
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Thursday, January 4th, 2007
Word Count
o.
Jenna Petersen tells me that my computer word count is meaningless, and I need to go by the Courier-formatted page-counted thingy.
Miss Snark says “DO NOT start counting up pages and multiplying by 250.”
According to my computer word count, I’m at 39,145 words. According to the Courier/12 pt/25 line method, I’m at 47,500. […]
