I’ve had my nose to the grindstone the last few weeks editing a manuscript I wrote a few years ago.  I still love the characters and the plot is solid.  Also, I think my writing is much better now  That’s the good news.  The bad news . . .  I know more about [...]

Every detail we include about our characters define who they are and determine how they react. If those details are shown in an unobtrusive way, the reader absorbs the character rather than being force-fed, and thus, the reader internalizes that character, roots for him, cries for him, laughs with him, but is always with [...]

On May 1, Ann Charles and I will be launching a new website community called 1st Turning Point.  It’s aimed at helping writers and artists build their promotional platforms before that first sale so that when The Call comes in, he or she is ready for the Big Dance.  We plan [...]

I spent a wonderful (actually, Lori would say “fabulous”) weekend in Portland, Oregon at the Celebrate Romance readers’ conference held in the Benson Hotel. First, Portland is one of my favorite places to visit. Second, what better place to stay than at the Benson Hotel, which has hosted every US [...]

If I knew what to write, I’d write it!

How many times have you heard that?
Or said it yourself?
Or thought it?

Some writers prefer to keep their stories to themselves, some will brainstorm with anyone who will hold still. I fall into the latter category. One of the things I’ve learned over the [...]

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Breakfast of Champion Writers

I’ve run into some fabulous sites while researching my books or learning the writing craft. At the same time, word of a fabulous new site sends me running to see what great resource I’ve been missing. So . . . I thought it would [...]

lotting Your Story, Part 3: Structure
by Jacquie Rogers

Without Conflict, There’s No Story!

This is the third class in a four-part workshop exclusively at Texty Ladies, Plotting Your Story. If you’d like to read the other classes, they are:

Part 1: Theme
Part 2: Character

Today’s class is on Structure.

In the first class, [...]

Plotting Your Story, Part 1

by Jacquie Rogers

Thanks to Jane and Pam for inviting me to be with you at Texty Ladies during the month of November. We were discussing how to plot a story, and how we all love to add new tips and tricks to our toolboxes. Since 1997, that’s [...]

I’m so pleased to announce that Jacquie Rogers, author of the Faery Special Romances, has agreed to join us as a Textylady!

Jacquie will have Mondays, and will start things off Monday, November 3rd with her plotting workshop. She will be doing the workshop every Monday in November. What a treat!

Welcome to Textyladies, Jacquie!