Maria? Now that I have that song stuck in your heads, no. Using C.C. Cedras’ post last Saturday, on characters and character development, as a jumping off point, I thought I’d give you a little more insight into our unique process as the three of us continue to map out and actually write our book…
Author: S. A. Young
One of three writers who are currently collaborating on a series of romantic suspense novels, I'm a cinemaniac, head-full-of-useless-information trivia maven, waiting for Alex Trebek to retire so that I can appear on Jeopardy again. Oh...and Go Red Sox!
A Hunter/Gatherer in the Urban Jungle
I love to shop. Not just the actual accrual or gathering of things, I love the act of shopping, the seeking out of said things. It is the modern day equivalent of hunting, at least for a city dweller like me. Luckily, I don’t have to forage for food any further than the Whole Foods…
Today, I Am the Bug
You know that old chestnut, “Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug?” I used it on my niece last week to to explain away her rotten day. That’s what I get for being so cliche. Today, it’s my turn to be the bug. Or rather I have one. It’s not that I want to…
When In Doubt, Frolic
I have serious Spring Fever. I’m not sure where it came from or how and when I was infected, but it has suddenly hit me full force. It’s not that we here in the Northeast had suffered through a particularly bad winter – certainly nothing like the winter of 2014-15 – but brutal or no,…
Derby Day Redux
Can you feel the excitement in the air? Well, I can! It’s time, once again, to dig out the hats and blow the dust out of the julep cups! Today marks the 142nd annual running of The Kentucky Derby, the first, and most venerable, jewel in thoroughbred horse racing’s Triple Crown. I look forward to…
Why Be Normal?
Google is a wonderful thing. I don’t know any of the technical magic behind it, but the braintrust responsible for it has managed to cull together a huge chunk of the world’s collected knowledge . As someone who used to read the dictionary and various volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica for fun (Nerd alert!), I…
A Personal Remembrance of His Royal Purpleness
I’m having a hard time getting started this morning. It’s Monday and it’s raining. But those are the last two things I want to talk about with you today. One, it’s Monday everywhere. (Unless you live on the other side of the international date-line, in which case it might be Tuesday. I think) and two,…
“Excuse Me, But Can You Tell Us…”
How? Where? What? Which? Boston, the city in which I lay my hat, is a major tourist destination. Much like the sunny beaches of Florida, there is never a real “down-time” for visitors to my fair city, but there is a “peak season”, and this weekend marks the beginning of said season with runners and…
A Wee Gathering
Who doesn’t love the chance for a tipple with friends? Not this lassie! Nearly any excuse will do, but this time I had a good one. As soon as Starz announced the date for the return of “Outlander”, the television series based on Diana Gabaldon’s wildly popular* series of novels, I began to make plans….
Are We There Yet?
Whenever anyone asks me “how’s the book coming?” or “when’s the book going to be done?”, instead of merely smiling politely and repeating “soon” as confidently as possible, what I really want to do is explain the situation. In detail. Please don’t misunderstand, I am thrilled that anyone is still interested enough to ask the…