Category: Writing
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Saturday Six #13: Never Say Never
Never is a strong word. In fact, just this week, I was asked if that was really the word I intended to use, and I had to take a moment to think. The context: I said that when I write, the written words never come out as lovely as they sound in my head. I’ll…
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The Meet-Cute
Have you heard the term “meet-cute”? If you’re not into reading contemporary romance novels, you probably haven’t. I don’t mean the trade paperback romances, but a larger genre that has developed, consisting of full-length novels about heroes and heroines who often have dark or tragic pasts but find one another and a lasting, fulfilling relationship. …
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Margins of Error
WARNING: Hopeless Optimism Ahead. During a conversation with my husband last night, he introduced me to the idea of “planning for margins.” He’s reading a book about time management and being busy, and he said it forced him to examine how he prepares to leave the house. He calculates the latest possible minute he can…
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The Roller Coaster That Is Writing
So yesterday I tweeted: Me, two weeks ago: *whines* I can’t even go on Twitter because seeing authors being successful makes me so sad and discouraged, and it’s never going to happen for meeeeeee….. Me, today: I AM DOING THIS AND NOTHING WILL STOP ME. That right there is writing in a nutshell. Everything ebbs…
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Writing Update!
Tonight I thought I’d throw out a quick update on where I’m at with my two current WIP (Works In Progress). I’ll say that it is NOT IDEAL to have two going at the same time, and I’m finding it impossible to toggle between the two. First, I don’t have the creative energy to invest…
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NaNoWriMoWoe
I am doing a crazy thing, participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) this year. But I realized enough was enough, and I wasn’t going to sit on this idea for another minute. Twelve years has already been entirely too long. The first few days were brilliant. I loved some of what I wrote. In…
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Junior High
To celebrate Halloween, here’s a little short story I wrote a few years ago for the writers’ group I was in, inspired by an All Hallows’ incident from my childhood. Hope you like it! Mom said I had to wear a winter coat and long johns with my costume. It wasn’t the first time. I’d…
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Dream a Little Dream
Do you have dreams? Not middle-of-the-night visions, but goals for your life? If you’re reading this, you probably know that my biggest goal is to be a traditionally published historical novelist. There’s a lot that I can do to make this dream come true. I can write; obviously, I won’t be published if I don’t…
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Truth in Art
I’ma talk Hamilton for just a millisecond. Across the front of my monitor stand at work, I have a line of rainbow-colored sticky notes on which I’ve penned, in some very basic hand-lettering styles, eight quotes from the play. I love the story that Hamilton tells, even amongst the historical liberties that Lin-Manuel Miranda (admittedly)…
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The End of the Quest
I have a confession to make. I’m not really an art person. But in the summer of 1998, while vacationing with most of our extended family on my dad’s side, I saw a print of a 1921 painting, and I fell in love. We were at a shop somewhere in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, browsing and…
Andrea Green · Romance Author 