Here’s this week’s quote I love…
“Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?” -Ernest Gaines
Hopefully that “we” will become fewer and fewer people.
Sloan
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Video I Love: The Dubai Fountain
Beautiful and relaxing.
Video embedded above. If you can’t view, try the original blog post.
Enjoy,
Sloan
The Fire in Fiction by Donald Maass
This week I worked on the outlines for several upcoming projects. I had some good moments, some frustrating ones, and others that were filled with horrible ideas that I quickly tore up. (Don’t ask because I will deny they ever existed)
Today, I had a breakthrough. I read a few passages from non-fiction books on writing and a light bulb went off (no, make that fireworks). Some of the best advice I’ve read about how to create believable villains and how to take a suspense story line and make it believable (no matter how implausible it is) came from a book titled The Fire in Fiction by Donald Maass. I haven’t read the entire thing yet, but from what I’ve read so far I recommend it for anyone writing fiction.
Anyway, just wanted to share that my outlines are moving along. My goal is to be back to writing Trapped (my third novel-length gay romantic suspense featuring Walter Simon from More) by August 1.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. And happy 4th of July to my US followers. Happy belated Canada Day to those of you in Canada.
Sloan
Quote I Love: Seduction
Here’s this week’s quote I love…
I’ve been busy brainstorming several new projects this week (hence the late post). One of the stories I’m working on got me thinking about seduction, so I thought I’d share these quotes today…
“But seduction isn’t making someone do what they don’t want to do. Seduction is enticing someone into doing what they secretly want to do already.” – Waiter Rant
“All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.” – Marya Mannes
“You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him.” – Rae Dawn Chong
Cheers,
Sloan