Gracie on December 21st, 2010

So many of us have fun memories of Christmas time–especially from when we were kids. So in the spirit of the Season I’d like to share one of mine. However, because I write fiction I’ll forgive you if you don’t believe it.
(And if you do believe all of it, well, I have a hundred acres [...]

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Gracie on December 15th, 2010

Today is my thirty-first wedding anniversary–well, our thirty-first wedding anniversary because, let’s face it, I couldn’t have reached this milestone without my Beloved.
As is our tradition, we provide afternoon tea at work on our special occasions and this afternoon I was at work, cooking up a storm for the production crew, when one of the tradesmen [...]

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Gracie on November 28th, 2010

Gosh, we have a lot of pantsers in our writing universe!
Well, as you’ve figured out by now, I’m probably more of a plotter than a pantser. Having said that, I don’t like to think of myself as being rigid in my plotting, or lacking creativity because of it.
Pantsers often say they’re afraid that if they [...]

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Gracie on November 23rd, 2010

Contrary to popular opinion I haven’t fallen off the edge of the world. The last couple of months have been pretty frantic, I’ve been doing a lot of traveling and, as a result, this blog has suffered. Sorry. I thought (as one does) that I’d get onto it tomorrow when things calm down. Okay. I [...]

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Gracie on September 16th, 2010

I was sent a link to Jennifer Jackson’s blog this morning. Jennifer is an agent with the Donald Maass Literary Agency, and in this particular post she’s talking about whether or not it’s possible to increase your chances of getting a positive response to a query by submitting at a particular time of year–in a [...]

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