Archive for March, 2007
March 17, 2007
GREEN
St. Patrick’s day is a poignant anniversary for me since I lost my dad on this day, when I was 16. This photo is in his honor — he was a keen fly fisherman, and he would have loved to fish the rivers of New Zealand, where this pic was recently snapped.
Funny that my hubby has developed the passion for the sport. My grandfather was also a fly fishing fanatic who adored exploring the rivers of Africa. It’s in the family, for sure. This was sent to dh by a fishing buddy … to make us green. It worked 
NZ is on the holiday dream list. A pair of waders for me is now on the shopping list.
And there I was dreaming about Cuba …. or Jamaica …. or …
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March 14, 2007
CLEARING PATHS
I found a clear path today!!!! I needed to step away from my writing to do it — but it was worth it. Perhaps it was the achingly brilliant sky, the sun sparking off snow crystals, the crisp mountain air … whatever it was … my thoughts brightened and a mental path was cleared right through the Gordian knot of a plot I was struggling with.
Sometimes we need to step away from that computer and re-engage with life for inspiration, methinks.
March 13, 2007
STORY BOARDING
I’ve decided to make a separate ’story board’ for each of the several projects I’m juggling at the moment. I prop one of the boards up on my desk – just to the side of my computer monitor where it constantly plays in my peripheral vision, and hopefully my subconscious – when I need to work on that particular project. I also tune into a playlist made to go with the story. So far, it’s helping me switch in and out :). So is Lincoln — spot his tail.
My playlists aren’t terribly creative at the moment (still working on that), but doing this serves as a form of mantra – a trigger to take the mind to a certain place, much the same as you’d use to trigger a particular state of self hypnosis. Well, that’s the hope 
Finished my AFS forms for SEDUCING THE MERCENARY and THE HEART OF A RENEGADE today. Tomorrow it’s back to my single-dad-cop-horseracing book. I think I need to at least give it tentative tag, eh? Maybe that’ll happen tomorrow as I start to come to grips with the plot.
Until later …
March 12, 2007
EXCUSE ME …
….. but I am trying to work here. What is it with cats? They always manage to position themselves at the centre-point of one’s focus.
In writing news: My next two SHADOW SOLDIERS books officially have new titles!! They are … drumroll, please … SEDUCING THE MERCENARY, and THE HEART OF A RENEGADE. I should have an official release date for the first one – SEDUCING THE MERCENARY – by the end of this month.
March 11, 2007
MELTDOWN
The weather — not me
It’s monsoon season in the rainforest, which means WET. Everything. I had to boot my butt out the door for my walk today … but was rewarded by the sight of two Trumpeter swans and a Canadian goose feeding in an iced-off corner of Alta lake. It made my day. So did the gauzy layer upon mystical layer of mist, the sound of small birds giddy with delight in the rain … and the fact I was the only human around.
Now back to those titles …
March 10, 2007
SIGNS OF SPRING?
Yes, really. You can smell it. You can feel it. And if you look really closely at those twiggy branches, you can see the burst of baby green buds. Life is just busting to get out from under all that snow. So are the picnic tables and benches — can you spot them?
But while my feet are firmly planted in knee-deep slush my head is in Australia’s Hunter Valley — Thoroughbred and wine country, the setting for my Harlequin continuity. I’m also trying to come up with a new title for DEAL WITH THE DEVIL, and finish the Art Fact Sheets this weekend. I’m crossing fingers — really tight — for a late 2007 release on that one.
