tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post6930234380521308351..comments2024-03-22T03:27:19.859-04:00Comments on Sourcebooks Casablanca Romance Authors: Setting the FireAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914920560584429315noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-80858231393681843752015-02-21T22:57:55.883-05:002015-02-21T22:57:55.883-05:00Thanks E.L. F., I admit the nerves are smaller, ma...Thanks E.L. F., I admit the nerves are smaller, mainly because I can now recognize the pattern ("Oh, that's my fear of blank page pattern" or "That's..."). And I do admit to an unseemly joy of my own stories. I have to be careful when I'm looking up something like a character trait in a prior work. I'll suddenly find myself forty pages past where I found my factoid. :)M. L. Buchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16980149865739494871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-72413427617956667002015-02-21T14:34:12.983-05:002015-02-21T14:34:12.983-05:00Congrats on the new releases, looking forward to r...Congrats on the new releases, looking forward to reading more of your deliciously exciting stories! It always amazes me that you guys can still be nervous about the great stories you share with us, but I am glad that you still feel the sense of exhilaration that comes with a job well-done, just like you do with your accomplishments on your house!ELFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00507018016608103452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-11142882612963374832015-02-20T15:51:49.765-05:002015-02-20T15:51:49.765-05:00Hi Sally, Thanks. And the reason it took 7 years w...Hi Sally, Thanks. And the reason it took 7 years was all my own fault. I was working 80-100 hrs/week in corporate and did almost all the renovation work myself (I subbed out the concrete and the roof, but that was pretty much it as I went from 1 story to 2, push out a wall by 10' to add a serious chef's kitchen, which meant all new plumbing and wiring, which then needed a dining room to match, and...Holy GACK! I get exhausted just thinking about it! :)M. L. Buchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16980149865739494871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-75987142976168563762015-02-20T15:48:46.771-05:002015-02-20T15:48:46.771-05:00Hi Shana, Yep! I go so far down that road that if ...Hi Shana, Yep! I go so far down that road that if I finish a book and have time left to write that day, I just straight across. Another trick I do is I write proposals to myself. Another trick that I've been doing lately is that I'll have an idea, but no time to work on it right then. So I allow myself 3 hours to write a 1-page outline and the first 5 pages. Then, when I'm ready to finally write it, the book has already been started and I can jump right in.M. L. Buchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16980149865739494871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-41587091998880923302015-02-20T14:49:02.742-05:002015-02-20T14:49:02.742-05:00We just bought an old home, and I feel the same ex...We just bought an old home, and I feel the same excitement. Hope it doesn't take seven years for the redo. Yours looks fabulous. Best wishes on the new book. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06911303397857054029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-69174042322516358332015-02-20T14:48:53.139-05:002015-02-20T14:48:53.139-05:00We just bought an old home, and I feel the same ex...We just bought an old home, and I feel the same excitement. Hope it doesn't take seven years for the redo. Yours looks fabulous. Best wishes on the new book. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06911303397857054029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-30174264195373458822015-02-20T10:31:43.677-05:002015-02-20T10:31:43.677-05:00Congrats on the release! I agree with your cure fo...Congrats on the release! I agree with your cure for the fear. I'm usually busy writing the next one, so it's easy not to focus too much on the new one.Shanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06267793335415078380noreply@blogger.com