• Why Anne Louise Bannon Wrote A Ring for a Second Chance

    I love Pauline’s basic question – why did I write this? The easy answer is at the heart of everything I write, namely, that the freaking characters won’t let me alone. My head can be a noisy place at times. So why did these characters stick with me and not some others? Why did these…

  • Scaling the Novel Heights

    So, if you follow my author profile, you may have noticed that I haven’t released a novel in a while, other than my short story in Pets in Space (which is now off sale!). In fact, after checking my Amazon Author page, I see I haven’t released a wholly new, only by me project since…

  • Because, Well, Because…

    So, February is almost over, I caught a cold/flu thing at the end of the month and have been head down writing, so not a lot of words left for a blog post. lol So I thought I would do a roundup kind of post today, instead of inflicting a bad attempt at blogging on…

  • An Ice River Ran Through It

    I was going to blog today about my adventures with my snow blower (trust me, exciting stuff), but our temperature shot up 40 degrees over night. Add in a high wind, and we went from buried into snow to …interesting. I took some video, which you can view here, but if you want the quick…

  • Snake Charming My Muse

    Being a writer often feels like snake charming. Yes, I just called my Muse a snake and I will pay for that later. Or possibly right now. Ouch. Yes, paid for it now. I don’t know if other creatives feel a push/pull thing going on with their own brain. To get the words flowing, I…

  • What’s Going On Around Here?

    The hermit (me) has been out of the hermit house a crazy amount of time, so I’m still flailing a bit on this blog. So I thought I’d flail less and mention some new things around here that you may not have noticed yet. If you’ve ever stopped by what was my main website, you…

  • Why I Wrote: Where It All Began

    On Oct 30, 2013, I posted my first “Why I Wrote” blog post on this site. You’ll note that this isn’t any time in October. So why am I mentioning it now? Because I’ve been at the RT Book Lover’s Convention (and doing the #GrandmaProject), so I’ve been re-blogging this month. And since this IS…

  • From Reader To Writer: A Weird Journey

    I blogged about where we buy books last Wednesday, and it launched some interesting conversations, both on the post, and in some discussion lists where I mentioned it. We all concluded that we were “crazy book ladies,” based on our TBR’s (to-be-read) piles, both physical and digital. I don’t remember the exact moment I became…

  • Why S. Usher Evans Wrote CONVICTION

    A few months ago, I wrote a post for Pauline about Why I Wrote Double Life, the first book in the Razia series. I talked about how Lyssa’s journey to finding herself mirrored my own at the time, and how through her, I was able to find out some pretty revealing things about myself. Fast forward to today, and I’ve just released…

  • Dressing for Author Success?

    I saw a funny meme on Facebook about dressing for the job you want. The image with it was a guy dressed as Batman. It made me smile, but also made me think. I know our brains are powerful. They can deliver us places we didn’t think we wanted to go. Or places we didn’t…