Updates and upcoming blog topics

Update on The Trouble With Demons: I'm on Chapter 18 and picking up momentum. Finally. If I can do two chapters a week (and I have to at this point), I'll have a completed first draft by March 1st. That'll give me two months to revise and polish before my due date to my publisher of May 1st. Wish me luck; I'm gonna need it. ; )

Some upcoming blog topics for the next two weeks:

• Creating real dialogue for real characters
• Writing the right synopsis for a query letter
• The book synopsis: What to include, what to leave out
• Write for yourself, not the market
• Got stuck? Time to brainstorm
• Books on writing that inspire me
• How to keep those pages turning: Begin with a hook, end with a cliffhanger
• Future projects that I'm pondering
• And of course, Friday recipes for feeding your family while you're on a deadline, and the Saturday Fun Pic
  

For tomorrow's blog, I'll tell you what works for me when creating realistic dialogue.

Try to have yourselves a great Monday!
Lisa