Writers
Block – it arrived and bit me in the butt!!
For the
first time since I started writing for publication back in 2005, I am in the
middle of my first ever writing slump and need to vent some frustration!
I can’t
help feeling my inability to move on with my current work in progress has been
brought on by karma. I have always said that ‘writer’s block’ doesn’t exist.
Just write! Anything…everything…it can always be edited, changed or cut, just
write. Well, I’ve tried and tried and still I keep looking at what I’ve written
and say to myself, “What in the world is that supposed to mean? Do? Say? It’s
complete rubbish.”
The
answer, of course, is that something is wrong with the book itself, whether
that be the plot or characters…but lord knows what! Thankfully, I have an
amazing editor and an amazing trio of critique partners who are stalwartly
trying to pull me through this mire that is my next contracted book with
Harlequin Superromance. Thanks to their feedback, I think the problem lies with
my heroine and her motivation. It’s flimsier than a pair of seven denier
pantyhose! No doubt, the mist will clear eventually… L
So what happens
next? Back to the drawing board, I think. My editor has a lot more belief in me
than I do right now but that’s what writing is, it’s a hard, dirty job that a
huge amount of aspiring writers give up on. Teem the hard work, with the lack
of ideas, with the time constraints, with the rejection and you’ve got to ask
yourself, “WHY am I doing this?”
The
answer is clear to anyone who feels, like me, they’ve found their calling…we
HAVE to do this or be less than half the person we were meant to be. So onwards
and upwards…watch this space for the result, which should be published in Christmas
2014 J
As for
other writers out there? I sincerely hope I’ve inspired, rather than depressed
you, lol! You can do this and twelve books later, I wanted to share that it
isn’t just you who suffers these days/weeks or months of inactivity, it happens
to us all. Keep on writing!
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16 Marsden Place
Romantic Comedy
There isn't a situation that can't be
fixed by a coat of chocolate body paint or a liberal smear of Champagne Lick,
right? Wrong!
Ever since her father was murdered by
a gang of youths, Sienna Lloyd has named herself Potterford's protector--her
sexy lingerie shop is a place where the town's women can visit and feel safe.
But when that shop is in danger of closing, Sienna needs a solution that will
keep her in Potterford, where she can always look out for her mother, friends,
and clients.
The answer? Move the shop to her home
at 16 Marsden Place. The problem? Her new neighbor, the delicious but seriously
uptight Jack Beaton. Oh, and his four-year-old twin girls.
Jack has just moved to the tiny town
of Potterford in a bid to start over. To build a new life that keeps his
children safe from his alcoholic ex-wife. So when he discovers his neighbor
intends to open a sex shop right next door, Jack will do anything to ensure it
doesn't happen... including fighting every ounce of his attraction to the
shop's owner and his innate need to trust again.
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About Rachel Brimble
Rachel lives with her husband and two young
daughters in a small town near Bath in the UK.
After having several novels published by small US presses, she secured
agent representation in 2011. In 2012, she sold two books to Harlequin
Superromance. She also writes Victorian romance for Kensington--her debut was
released in April 2013.
She has just recently signed a further three-book
contract with Harlequin Superromance, continuing her ongoing series set in the
fictional UK seaside town of Templeton Cove.
Rachel is a member of the Romantic Novelists
Association and Romance Writers of America. When she isn’t writing, you’ll find
Rachel with her head in a book or walking the beautiful English countryside
with her family and beloved black Lab, Max. Her dream place to live is
Bourton-on-the-Water in South West England…although she hopes a dream visit to
Canada might just change her mind!
She likes nothing more than connecting and
chatting with her readers and fellow romance writers. Rachel would love to hear
from you!
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I wouldn't call it writer's block, but my brain tends to empty of ideas in between manuscripts. That's never good.
ReplyDeleteHi Alex,
ReplyDeleteYep, that happens too! I'm getting better in that I force my brain into 'writer mode' 24/7 so whenever I visit a place, I'm thinking of a story I could set there. Setting kick-start my story ideas more than plots or characters which is unusual...or so i'm told!
Rachel x