by Margaret | Jun 26, 2015 | process
I love to rapture on about the curious colors present in Nature, never more than when I am out exploring Scotland’s wild places. But did you notice there was a color absent from that last post? Ah, yes. BLUE! People ask how the weather was in Scotland and...
by Margaret | Jun 19, 2015 | process
That would be Hadrian’s Wall. Meaning…..SCOTLAND! I took lots of pictures of green, and purple, and yellow growing things, but I’ve narrowed it down here to 10 pictures so that you wouldn’t be scrolling for-ev-er… and these should all be...
by Margaret | Apr 23, 2015 | process, Titbits
I’m excited today because I will very soon be able to reprise a favorite role: the sleuth on the trail of history! Right at this moment, I am editing my third book, working title: Remnants, which is a historical fiction novel. Not a mystery. Not a romance....
by Margaret | Apr 16, 2015 | process, writing life
Do you have questions about the writing process? About how to choose whom to work with, from book cover designers to editors to blog tour organizers? About the dreaded editing gauntlet? About formatting! About self-publishing with Amazon? Well, you’re in...
by Margaret | Feb 19, 2015 | process, Titbits
Did you know? I found this tit-bit nestled in some crook of the internet as I was hunting for likely titles for my next book. From the Wikipedia entry on The Name of Action, by Graham Greene: “The book was badly received by critics and suffered poor sales....
by Margaret | Jan 9, 2015 | process
I just published my second novel. Ta-da! In many ways, it was more of a learning process than publishing the first one. Here, two of my biggest editing lessons: 1) Do Not Let Expectations Run the Show! This was a lesson I seem to learn over and over again, this time...
