Romance Writer Weekly Blog Chat for March 31, 2015

Do you like to read romance novels? Wouldn’t you like to know more about your favorite authors? Well, you came to the right place! Join the writers of Romance Weekly as we go behind the scenes of our books and tell all…… About our writing of course! Every Tuesday we’ll all answer the same questions and after you’ve enjoyed the blog on this site, we’ll direct you to another. So come back often for a thrilling ride. Tell your friends and feel free to ask us questions in the comment box.

Welcome, welcome!

If you've joined me from the amazing Steven C. Mitchell, https://scmitchell.wordpress.com/, then thank you. Isn't his website fantastic? If you haven't, please jump back and check it out. I'm sure he's written something really unique for this week's blog chat.

Today the fabulous Veronica Forand, http://veronicaforand.com/, has inspired us to create a 100-word piece of flash fiction , using these three words: coffee, lizard and spring. Here is my snippet, I hope you enjoy it.

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She raised the cup of coffee to her lips, and blew a soft breath across the steaming liquid. A sip, a smile, and then a sigh. Delicious.

Shading her eyes, she squinted at the lizard as it curled across the top of a nearby sun-drenched rock. Absorbing the heat from an early morning sun that promised a day of lazy warmth, it lay motionless.

Like the lizard she relaxed, and let her body sink into the padded chaise lounge.

A perfect spring day. One she intended to enjoy at all costs.

The handgun tucked in her waistband would ensure it.

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Thank you for visiting with me, and I hope you stop by next time. Before you go, please hop over to Veronica's blog, http://veronicaforand.com/. She always writes super flash fiction pieces. 

See you next time!

Warmly,
Mikki

Romance Writer Weekly Blog Chat for March 10, 2015

Do you like to read romance novels? Wouldn’t you like to know more about your favorite authors? Well, you came to the right place! Join the writers of Romance Weekly as we go behind the scenes of our books and tell all…… About our writing of course! Every Tuesday we’ll all answer the same questions and after you’ve enjoyed the blog on this site, we’ll direct you to another. So come back often for a thrilling ride. Tell your friends and feel free to ask us questions in the comment box.

Welcome to my blog!

If you've hopped over from Collette Cameron http://collettecameron.com/blog I thank you, and hope you've enjoyed your visit with her. Collette's website is amazing - I just love the blue roses, don't you?

Our blog chat topic was selected by S.C. Mitchell https://scmitchell.wordpress.com/ and if you haven't visited his website, please do so! He's an amazing author of science fiction, fantasy and paranormal romance novels.

This week the authors of Romance Writers Weekly are chatting about "our perfect writing retreat."

In answer to that question, I might be a little out of the ordinary. I don't use an office. I worked in an office for over 30 years and can't stand to be confined to that one space any longer. Mind you, it was a nice office - lots of pictures on the walls, plants and my books, but all in all, it was still an office with corporate furniture, in a corporate building. No more.

Since our move to Florida almost two years ago, I have identified several places in the house that are comfortable and where I prefer to write.

First, is the leather recliner in the family room. There is a table and a lamp right next to me. I can raise the footrest portion of the recliner and even lean back. With my laptop balanced across my knees, I'm very comfortable and can sit (and I have) in that chair for several hours typing away. Besides, I keep a piece of chocolate and cup of something (tea, water, wine?) close at hand. That always helps.

My second favorite spot is the kitchen bar. Sometimes I like to stand when I write and it turns out that standing alleviates leg cramps and back aches from sitting too long. There were several people in
my old office who had standing desks and I never understood why until I tried it. It works! When I get tired of standing, I just drag one of the bar stools over and keep right on working. Plus the bar top gives me a lot of room for books, notes, etc. and the overhead lighting is perfect. Also plenty of room for my chocolate and wine!


The third spot is out of my lanai. I wish this could be my second favorite spot to write, but the entire lanai area faces south and it gets very hot, very quickly. So unless I plan on jumping in the pool every thirty minutes, which can be a bit distracting, I only use the table on the lanai when it's a cool day.

So, where do you like to write? Where do you feel you get your best work done?

I'm sure Gemma Brocato http://www.gemmabrocato.com/blog has an interesting answer to today's blog question, so be sure to visit her after you leave me.

Thanks for stopping by! As always, I hope to see you next time.

Mikki Cober