Steps of a Dancewriter

http://www.genreality.net/the-reality-of-a-times-bestseller

DH said there'd be reality like this, reality like this.

Yes, I'm leaving LJ to go to blogspot. You can find me at http://jenniferlaurens.blogspot.com/ What can I say? I'm slipping out of my Katherine Warwick stuff and concentrating on my YA stuff and when I started LJ years ago, I was in the middle of writing women's romance. Which is dead. LOL.

8 1/2 years of writing teaches you SOME THINGS, right?

Hope to see you there!

Joe and I are from Palos Verdes:



Every now and again we get the urge to go home, see the beautiful oasis of the Palos Verdes Peninsula and drive the streets, pass the houses we grew up in.




Here we go again for spring break.



Like in October, when we were last there. You can't beat SoCal for convenience, price and memories.
The kids will enjoy our trip through memory lane. But they'll also enjoy our three days at the Magic Kingdom.

Yes! And growing.

So my last post was about writing even when words don't come. I have to admit, this week I was bungled with a zillion distractions. Today is going to be the same.

If I was left to eat the words I'd written this week, I'd be anorexic at the keyboard. Does that tell you anything?

Here's to a better next week. Fatter.

Every author faces this. Call it block or whatever you want. I'm too compelled to write to stop for anything - except family crises. So, when I hit a spot where the muse SLOWS, I keep going.

Like in book 3. I'm HEAPING crud on Zoe. HEAPING. Can things get worse for her? You betcha. The fire's up and she's going to get scalded. I don't let the worries of "Oh, is this over the top? Maybe I should rein in..." or stuff like that sway me, or cause me to stop in wonderment. Forget that. Movement is the only thing that keeps words flowing. Scenes blooming.

Chapters solidify under pressure.

Next time you hit the wall, write anyway. See where it gets your characters. Usually, the more intense my environment, the more pleased I am with my creative output.

I have to laugh every time I add readers on Facebook or MYSpace who send me these: Do I know you? Who are you?

I'm not offended. But look, my avatars on both of those places are BOOK COVERS. Hello????

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"If you don't read the bad, you can't read the good." - This about reviewers and critics.

Dan then focuses purely on perfecting his craft - without any negativity in the air - which provides a fertile ground for creating.

Amen.

That's the way to do it, Dan.

I'm adopting your kredo.

I said I was done submitting to agents. And I am. I'm not eating my words here ( no indigestion, PUHlease ) one agent who read HEAVENLY months back asked if he could read some of my other stuff.

SHORE I said. I sent him A Season of Eden and Falling for Romeo - in book form - and told him it was more economical for me to send those versions than to $pend on manu$cript copies and in today's economy, who could disagree with saving $$??

He liked EDEN and now, the wait begins...

A librarian in West Virginia emailed me and told me A Season of Eden is circulating well there. Awesome.


Then, a reader approached me on MySpace yesterday telling me how much she loved Falling for Romeo. Letters like that brighten my day! And I can't tell you how many readers have told me they've read Falling for Romeo over and over again. How flattering! That's what I do with MY favorite books!!






Enjoy the weekend!