...a tough John Travolta and angelic Olivia Newton John alongside the colorful Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown."
OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN
What keeps you awake at night?
Does everything become an exercise for writers? Prompt WHAT KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT becomes a question about my main character in One Dress, One Day.
YOU WRITE WELL
Remember the cliché “such a pretty face”? Somehow 'it's well written' does the same. The story counts more than the style and structure.
Quirks and Composites: How do you build a character?
Does the actor or singer help you visualize? One Dress, One Day characters follow my central casting.
¡OjO! The eyes have it.
Using the FIND feature, I discover 68 instances of the word EYES in my manuscript, One Dress, One Day.
A Mother’s Help
After a sleepless night, I realized One Dress, One Day really doesn’t fit the genre. However, perhaps this post will inspire some other writers to look at the Hallmark site!
RE-readITING
My hyphenated neologism for that process of proof-reading but maybe wanting to change more in the manuscript. Does it make sense to you? As a translator, I'm used to revising. Revision traditionally applies to translation. Technically, it is a term describing the process in which a translator or reviser compares the translation to the original.…
Too complicated, Dear
Imagine my surprise when Mother exclaimed too complicated! as I outlined the plot. Of course, Mom, there are twists, quirky characters, and it's based on real life, another mystery!
One Dress, One Day 