Dear Author recommends Shining in the Sun

another test post to see what’s going on between LJ and DW

Just a quick note to say I’m blogging over at Samhain’s blog today, where I’m being all “bah, humbug!” about Christmas elves. http://www.samhainpublishing.com/2011/12/a-brief-history-of-elves/ If you know of a good reason why I should learn to love these little fakers, do please come over and tell me 😉

So, the girls are back in school, Andrew is back at work, and so am I.  I’ve started serious edits on Boys of Summer.  Unfortunately this means actually writing the sex scenes that I faded to black on during the first draft.  And that involves thinking way more deeply about the emotional states of both…

7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters? I find music too distracting to listen to it while I write.  I prefer silence.  I’m one of those people who can’t help but stop and give the majority of my concentration to…

Can anyone help me with research into 18th Century Rio de Janeiro? Specifically things like a map of the city with actual names on, and anything about the culture/food of the place. Or the names of good books on the subject? I’m getting very little useful information by Googling, but surely it must be out…