By Laura Drake I was chatting with an old friend via email this morning, and we were discussing song lyrics. It’s a favorite topic of mine, because I’ve always wanted to write them. After all, they’re just a hugely abbreviated form of writing. Mini Flash Fiction, with poetry thrown in. I love how songwriters can(…)
By Laura Drake About ten years ago, I had back surgery. After I healed, I went back to Domestic Goddess duties, but found I couldn’t vacuum anymore. Something about the pushing and pulling killed my back. So I informed Alpha Dog (did I mention he’s also Texan?) that this duty would have to fall to(…)
By Laura Drake Not an hour ago, I hit, ‘Send’ on the galley edits for my biker chick book. They’re in my editor’s inbox now, and I’m never going to have to reread that book again. I’m grateful for that fact, and sad, all at the same time. See, the idea for that story was(…)
by Laura Drake This is always an exciting time for me, since the venue is less than ten miles from my house. Even more so this year, because my debut bull riding book will be out in May! I had to share some photos. We had tickets for all three nights, and I got(…)
By Laura Drake I know better. Really, I do. I’ve been planning our move to Texas for over ten years. We’re going to build a custom home on 80 acres outside Midland (where my husband is from.) I scouted plans, I cut out fabric samples, I researched windows. I dreamed. I retired last June. My(…)
By Laura Drake 2012 has been a banner year for me. After 13 years of trying, I got lucky – selling four novels, three of which will be out in 2013. Though I retired in July, I’ve never worked so hard in my life – every day this week I’ve been fifteen hours at the(…)
This is an incredibly busy time of year for everyone, what with shopping and wrapping and gathering and cooking and baking and traveling and DEADLINES galore! So today, we’ve got a special treat for you. Below is a sampling of opening lines from our upcoming books. It might be something that’s out now, something that(…)
By Laura Drake I was pondering what to write about, when I remembered The Author Chronicles, ‘Top Thursday Picks’ in my inbox. They mentioned Dear Teen Me, a website where authors have posted letters they wrote to their teen selves. Hours of fascinating reading there. But it made me think – if I really could(…)
So sorry to go all gooey, but this is my debut book, and it’s been a LOOOONG time coming (14 years, but who’s counting?) It’s funny, I’m discovering that a first sale is so big, it seems you can’t absorb it all at once. Its a series of milestones, each more exciting that the last. (…)
By Laura Drake Does your life work like mine? You settle into a rut, and things rock along for a year, or fifteen. Every day isn’t the same, but you pretty much know what’s going to be happening in a week, or a month . . . Ruts are the meat and potatoes of life.(…)
