Another hot day here in Southern California and I’m still a hot mess without a Macbook to work with. I’d ordered a used iMac from a third party but it arrived damaged and so I had to return it and I’m still waiting for my refund to show up on my bank account. In theContinue reading “Musings Over Coffee: I’m a Hot Mess”
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Musings over Coffee: People Like Us
I just got back from having breakfast with my older brother and cousin at Porto’s Bakery and all I have to show for it is this yummy collage of desserts that they’re known for. I was good, though. All I had was a large cup of cafe mocha and a chorizo and egg omelet onContinue reading “Musings over Coffee: People Like Us”
Musings over Coffee: On Plotting, Book Mail, and Mac ‘n Cheese
So I’m currently stuck with the second book of my holiday series and I’m really glad I didn’t set up a preorder because it seems in my quest to outline everything, I lost sight of my heroine’s motivations. Yup, normally those things are the first things that I determine in a story. What makes theContinue reading “Musings over Coffee: On Plotting, Book Mail, and Mac ‘n Cheese”
Make It Your Best
“Make it your best. Every time. Anything less is, well, less, and could lose you a reader that might have loved your later, better work. Readers are won and lost one at a time, and they’re very easy to lose and extremely difficult to gain. I have zero compunction about improving my offerings whenever possible.”Continue reading “Make It Your Best”
Musings Over Afternoon Coffee: Reviews and Orange Tags
This weekend, Falling for Jordan went on sale for 99 pennies. And for the first time in a long time, I was actually (a bit more) organized when it came to the promotions. I had a few lined up from months earlier and sent out my newsletter on Saturday and another one on Sunday. ItContinue reading “Musings Over Afternoon Coffee: Reviews and Orange Tags”
Musings Over Coffee: Put On Those Blinders
I was grounded so much when I was growing up that all I had were books, usually Readers Digest books that my mom would order. Classics, Seven Wonders of the World, Ghost Stories, those kinds of titles, and the annual almanac (do they still have those?). Then one day I found this paperback with aContinue reading “Musings Over Coffee: Put On Those Blinders”
Musings Over Coffee: That Loving Feeling
So according to this page, I’ve got 44 days before Falling for Jordan launches, 41 days before I need to upload the final file to the retailers. Yup, I had to make a countdown page for myself because after I’d written 23K words, you’d think I’d keep going but NO… I had to start overContinue reading “Musings Over Coffee: That Loving Feeling”
Musings Over Morning Coffee: We’re Storytellers. We Don’t Quit.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always had a love affair with books. One of my first favorite books was one about crystals and how they’re formed. Another one was Hans Christian Andersen’s original version of the Little Mermaid–you know, the one where the mermaid actually becomes the foam in the ocean, i.e.Continue reading “Musings Over Morning Coffee: We’re Storytellers. We Don’t Quit.”
Liz Durano 