Jacquie Rogers, Author
by Jacquie Rogers
Copyright © 2009 Jacquie Rogers
Reprinted from 1st Turning Point
Your book is out, waiting to be purchased by eager readers, and you’re on the promotion circuit. In a flash of genius, you signed up for a featured-author [...]
Every once in a while, a friend and I go out of the area for a writers’ retreat. This isn’t sponsored by anyone or anything–it’s just us–Judith Laik and I, and sometimes our two other friends can make it if we’re lucky. We pack up our clothes, food, and writing materials . [...]
Things happen.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my experience with publishing a novella on the Kindle, called Faery Merry Christmas. Publishing is one thing–selling books is something else altogether. It requires time, effort, a little (lot of) money, and a boatload of luck (which you [...]
Our modern sensibilities tell us certain aspects of our lives have “always been that way.” Not so. When we write historicals, we need to research the attitudes and mores of that particular time period, and incorporate that richness into our stories.
Take drugs, in the 19th Century, for instance. At one time, [...]
The law was a bit sparse in the Old West, often not a lawman around for hundreds of miles. If a criminal knew how to live off the land and he owned a fast horse, he was pretty well guaranteed an escape. What’s a sheriff to do?
In 1872, the Supreme Court [...]
Once upon a time I had a story idea that was set in San Francisco in the 1850s, and it involved a Chinese girl. Knowing little about the Chinese culture in this decade and how it translated to the New World, I spent a considerable amount of time hopping from one topic [...]
Every once in a while, something truly joyous reminds us that the world is filled with light and that love will conquer all.
Even neurofibromatosis.
Okay, NF wasn’t quite conquered, but certainly beaten into submission. No matter how NF ravages Mercedes’ body, [...]
Myths Dispelled
Jacquie Rogers
Texty Ladies Columnist
Copyright © 2009 Jacquie Rogers
If you’re writing western historical romance, are you swayed by the myths promulgated by the movie business in the early 20th Century? I ask because many readers are convinced those myths are true.
Question: should you write the myth? or [...]
Communications in History
Jacquie Rogers
Texty Ladies Columnist
Copyright © 2008-2009 Jacquie Rogers
Communications has been a human priority since the invention of larynxes, or maybe fingers. Long-distance communication could be achieved by yodeling, drum,ing, or sending some sort of visual signal such as smoke or mirrors.
We’ve come a long way, [...]
Our guest at Texty Ladies today is Delilah Marvel, author of wickedly humorous historical romances. She has quite a story to tell and I’m happy she wanted to share with us. So here she is!
When I was in high school, I had a dream. [...]
