Kimberly Gardner

Or should I say trying to beat the damn muse into submission?

I had myself all freaked out this weekend because the story I’m currently working on, the story that’s due to the publisher in May, is just not hanging together and that scares the crap out of me. Continue Reading »

No, I’m not talking about the Easter bunny.

I’m talking about those blood-thirsty little demons otherwise known as plot bunnies. Continue Reading »

I’ve been thinking quite a lot lately about pacing, the thing that keeps you turning the pages. Or, if not handled properly, the thing that allows you to put the book down and go to sleep.

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What writer hasn’t heard this question dozens, if not hundreds, of times?

And what non-writer hasn’t at least wondered, if not asked outright, this question?

Well, this morning’s blog post is my version of the answer.

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Oh, I am so weak! *g*

I finished the book last night. Yeah, the book I said was a wall-banger. The book that made me mad enough that I wanted to slap the hero. The book I said just yesterday that I would not finish.

No way. Uh-uh. Not me. Not going to do it.

Well …

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This morning I gave up on a book I had been reading, and enjoying, all weekend. The reason I won’t finish the book is that one of the main characters, one of the heroes, is about to do something so surpassingly stupid that, if this were an actual/physical book instead of an ebook, I would have already thrown it against the wall.

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I don’t normally get political on this blog, but some things are simply intolerable.

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Because I have no time to write a proper blog post and my Catholic schoolgirl guilt complex is kicking my ass over that, I’m posting a link to a fascinating post over at Edittorrent on scenes and sequels.

Theresa does a terrific job analyzing why the pacing of The da Vinci Code is so slam bang perfect. Yes, I read the book. Hasn’t everyone?

http://edittorrent.blogspot.com/2008/03/sequels-and-scene-pacing.html

I so need to study this technique more indepth.

Okay, now back to the Shifting Sands partial.

I never in a million years thought I would be writing either cowboys or shape shifters. Not that I have anything against either one. My friend J.L. writes some of the yummiest cowboys and shifters I’ve ever read.

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I’ve been keeping a low profile lately because I’m on a writing jag.

I have an anthology story due in May as well as a partial and synopsis for another anthology that needs to be done by April. O_O Continue Reading »