On Writing & Publishing by Robin D. Owens

Personal notes on writing techniques, writing a novel, my writing career and threading your way through publishing a book.

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RITA Award Winning Author -- that's like the Oscar, folks! Futuristic/Fantasy Romance and Fantasy with Romantic Subplots.

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

ARCs from my Editor

I got ARCs from Berkley. Here's a pic! It's been since, I think, Heart Choice that I got some ARCs from editorial. Wowza!

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May you have an unexpectedly pleasurable surprise today. (and yeah, one of my characters had one, too. ;)) This begs for some sort of give away. I'll think on that!

Robin

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Log Line of 3rd Luna Book

Logline of the 3rd Luna Book: Twilight, Mid September, Denver, Colorado AND in the game Fairies and Dragons...

I've been working on this off and on for a while, and suddenly it really is LATE September, with the equinox tomorrow. Which means I need to get pictures of the houses of Mystic Circle again...and completely determine Kiri's house. And if I want to be writing the book at the same time of the year (not sure the time period the book will cover, maybe through the next couple of months) I'd better get on that.

So...watch for Mystic Circle homes here.
Robin

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Beadle Pic (Dingo)

Here is a pic of Beadle of Heart Change (Dingo), the major scene in the book featuring him was essentially true.

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May you enjoy your animal companions today.
Robin

Saturday, September 17, 2011

I write About Relationships

I write about relationships. In the scene I'm working on I'm dealing with the relationships between a woman and her beloved partner, between herself and her family, herself and her new Fam, herself and her intelligent house, the relationship between the colonists and their planet -- as well as the now-natives with their world. I really like that.

Thanks,
Robin

Friday, September 16, 2011

New Images of Laev and His Ladies

Here are new images of Laev and Nivea and Camellia. I got Sims Medieval (thus the clothing) and have struggled with the character generator. In some ways it is highly superior to City of Heroes (such as looking more human and less cartoonish), but it still doesn't have the ease or the abilities of City of Heroes, especially in skin tone, nor can you change aspects of a costume in picking and choosing). Let's just say I worked a long time on these. I am quite pleased with Nivea and Laev, not so much with Camellia, since I had to exaggerate some aspects so she didn't look a lot like Nivea...

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I hope you appreciate these! Love robin

Friday, September 09, 2011

The Magic Secret In Writing

The Magic Secret in Writing. Today is the start of the Colorado Gold, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Conference. I have a seminar on critique groups and my writer of the year speech. But I wanted to tell a story about the pre-conference party last night and "the magic secret of writing."

I hauled mentor out of a deadline-stupor and made her come to the party. We had great news, one of our good friends sold a three book contract yesterday! Go Linda Hull! Mysteries.

Also, one of the writers mentor admires most, Allison Brennan, is our keynote speaker. So mentor came and offered to buy Allison a drink to talk about plotting. Allison says, "I never plot."

Mentor is staggered. She is a great plotter, but admires Allison's twists.

Allison leaves for the hotel and mentor and I drift away to the cheese tray. Mentor says, "She doesn't plot." Munch. "There should be a magic secret of writing, one that works every time."

I munch and nod. "Yes, there should be. And everyone thinks that." It is so unfair that there isn't. That every book is hard to write, that sometimes you (I) have trouble in different places.

I gesture around the room. "Kay," I say to mentor. "You probably have written more books than anyone else here." She smiles and nods.

Leaning forward, I say, "People think YOU have the magic secret." Again the surprised expression. Then we laugh and shake our heads. There is no magic secret.

May you enjoy your day...as for me, I'll be good after I give that speech... Robin

Monday, September 05, 2011

Goal

Giving quiet moments of joy is important to me. Photobucket image copyright Robin D. Owens, please do not use without asking.

Sunday, September 04, 2011

WINNERS Re: FAM advice

All right, I have noted that a bird should be upcoming, also a Fam you might carry in your pocket, though, of course, the women wear robes that have long sleeve pockets like kimonos.

Like I said in passing, I had already set up the Fam earlier in the book, I just hadn't noticed it, or thought I might do something else with that individual (deleted rest of spoiler sentence).

THEREFORE, THE PRIZE IS AN E-MAIL PDF COPY OF YOUR CHOICE OF ONE OF THE HEART STORIES FOR FOUR (4) PEOPLE!

I have now compiled all comments and am choosing by itouch randomizer program.



WINNER NO. 1, SHARON!
WINNER NO. 2, KRISTAL!
WINNER NO. 3, DONNA!
WINNER NO. 4, ALAINA (FACEBOOK)

Robin

Thursday, September 01, 2011

Tattered Cover Panel - Writer of the Year RMFW

I am Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer's, Writer of the Year 2011! And tonight is our pre-conference panel at the Tattered Cover LoDo! 7:30 pm! I will be there with last year's Writer of the Year, Pam Nowak, and the other ladies who were finalists with me, Laura Reeve (check out her sf!) and Maggie Sefton, bestselling author of knitting mysteries.

Tattered Cover Lo-Do
Location:

1628 16th St.
Denver,
Colorado
80202
United States

As for the Fam animal advice, more on that tomorrow!
Robin

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