Missing Chekov’s Gun

Missing Chekov’s Gun

Last week in the discussion on the Writers’ Block Party Podcast with Kathy Seidel on the motifs and themes used in my book A Token of Love and Pru Warren’s book Ellen and the Would-Be Gigolo, there was one important concept that we briefly discussed—Chekov’s Gun. Pru...
Writing Out of Order

Writing Out of Order

Are you a logical think? A top-down sort of person, or do you allow your mind to just go wherever it wants (or perhaps it just does without your permission)? I’ve always considered myself a very logical sort of thinker. I do very well in logic puzzles and took to...
Could you retire?

Could you retire?

A couple weeks ago I wrote about the impression Kathleen Gilles Seidel had on me when I and Pru Warren interviewed her on our podcast, The Writers’ Block Party. She is such an incredibly strong voice in the world of Romance. She’s not only written Rita winning books,...
Thinking of Why and What we write

Thinking of Why and What we write

The wonderful author Kathleen Gilles Seidel just said something to me and my podcast co-host, Pru Warren, that really grabbed me. We were talking about writing and publishing when she first started out thirty years ago. For those of you who don’t know, Kathy wrote...