Pauline Baird Jones

  • Planting the Seeds of Love

    It’s Monday and usually that means some crazy ramblings from me, but I’m in this place of transition AND working on a project (fiction and the #grandmaproject), so some of my friends have kindly stepped into to do guests posts for me. I’m so very grateful to them all! Today, N.N. Light is visiting to…

  • How to Declare Yourself King of a Planet

      Blue has grown up on earth, but he has known from day one that a) this is NOT his planet b) the inferior beings called human think he should be their beast of burden. Needless to say, it makes him cranky. When Tamsarandem takes Blue with them when they go outbound, he can’t wait…

  • Chatting With Jeff Rivera About SING TO ME

    If you missed Jeff’s cover reveal on the blog yesterday, well, that’s it up there. Isn’t it gorgeous? I’m thrilled to have Jeff visit today to chat about Sing to Me.  What inspired you to write Sing to Me? What inspired me to write Sing to Me was when I started thinking about how heart breaking…

  • I Got Spotlighted (in a good way!)

    Pauline Baird Jones – An Author Interview in the HBS Author’s Spotlight Today our blog puts the Spotlight on Author Pauline Baird Jones. She is the award-winning author of the The Lonesome Lawmen and the Project Enterprise series. Read the whole spotlight here. And leave a comment, if you feel up to it. I’m feeling…

  • Why She Writes: Veronica Scott

    So what’s a little kid with a BIG imagination to do when she’s read ALL the books that interest her in the library, and on her family’s book shelves? And she can’t find that many books in the first place that speak to her love of adventure, strong heroines, brave heroes, science fiction or ancient…

  • Why Sharon Lynn Fisher Wrote THE OPHELIA PROPHECY

    My blog tour for THE OPHELIA PROPHECY is winding down now, so as you can imagine, this is like my zillionth post. I really do strive in each and every one to provide original content — if I’m writing on a topic I’ve written on before, I do my best to come up with a…

  • Jaleta Clegg on Research and Shortbread

    I’m excited to welcome, Jaleta Clegg to “Taking the Scenic Route” today! She’s a great writer and — clearly — a great cook! Two of my favorite things! Without further ado, here’s Jaleta: “Write what you know.” It’s common advice for writers. How can you write something that you don’t know? Writers do research, lots…

  • A “Haunted” Guest Post by Tracy Morris

    I’d love you all to welcome friend and fellow author, Tracy Morris to Taking the Scenic Route. She’d like to take you on a little trip to a haunted hotel, the setting for her novel, Tranquility. Thanks so much for stopping by, Tracy and take it away! The ever-so-haunted Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs has…

  • Dedicated? Or Demented? Why I Create Worksheets for Writers

    I won Jami in her awesome cool blogoversary party and here she is! On my blog! How cool is that? So be nice to her, okay? I’m tickled to be guest posting with Pauline today. We’ve known each other on Twitter since forever, and it’s cool to visit her online home. Pauline asked me to…

  • Wherein I Guest Blog about Being a Grown-up 🙂

    I know, it was brassy of me, but I did it anyway. “Do you ever miss being able to wail when you want something? As a newly minted grandmother of twins, I found myself thinking it would be nice to have even an hour where I could wail for what I wanted and someone would…