Curling up with good books and movies

For those of you interested, I’ve created a list of my notes from the Spotlight on Pocket Books from the 2005 RWA conference. The link is here. I’ll be adding the rest of my notes, a little at a time, to the For Writers page.

Julie Kenner needs to hurry up and finish California Demon because I enjoyed Carpe Demon so much. I’m now reading The Improper Wife by Diane Perkins. It has an interesting premise, of a woman whose husband goes off to war and when she finds him, it turns out the man she married gave her a false name. And the name her husband gave her was the hero’s name. It’ll be interesting to see where she goes with this.

On the writing front, I’m at that tricky point where I have to start leading off into the emotional Black Moment where All is Lost and the hero and heroine CAN’T be together. The problem is, getting them there. Yesterday was excruciating. Each page was like drawing blood. I actually turned off the computer and went to exercise (this should tell you how bad it was).

But I have 62 pages left to go. I can do this. I know I can. I’ve done it twice already. These fears are normal. They’re like little mosquitoes, nipping away at my self-confidence. I remind myself that, regardless of what happens at Mills & Boon with my one book, I need to be ready with a follow-up. My first book doesn’t count. That one needs major surgery. But I’m kind of proud of this third one. So: must finish!

I’m looking for some good videos to watch this weekend. I’ve decided to get “Madagascar” for the kidlets, but I want to find something else for hubby and me. Suggestions?