Rachel Lee's Blog

The MAN FROM NOWHERE proposal has been accepted, and the writing has begun.  I'll add a bit more here...he has a horrible secret, a terrible past...and he's on a mission.  But even the sheriff has trouble finding out who he is, because he doesn't seem to exist.  I'm still awaiting editorial revisions to the proposal, so I can't tell you more than that.  Besides, I wouldn't want to ruin the surprise!

 A SOLDIER'S CHRISTMAS will be reprinted for the holiday season, and in it (for those of you who missed it) is Seth Hardin's story.

And finally, I'll be out of town visiting my father throughthe

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The other day on the Weather Channel I learned one of those interesting factoids that managed to penetrate . That factoid is this:  What do those recycling numbers mean?  Answer:  The higher the number, the harder the substance is to recycle.

Whoa!  Really?  That simple?  Well, duh.

Yup.  And it even explains why, in my county, they limit recycling to cans (any) and plastics with numbers of 1 or 2.  And this little factoid wound up giving me a headache (mainly because it made me think AGAIN).

Okay.  So I live on future beachfront property.  Considering the recent nose-dive in property values, I

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Well... writing is all about what we know, right?  Or so I was always told.  And it's true that we reach into our personal experiences in life to create characters and stories that will feel real and resonate with readers.

But writing has a few lessons of its own to teach.  The most important may be that the bigger the challenge, the bigger the opportunity.

Writing a story should never be "easy."  If it's easy, something is wrong.  The characters have to face challenges and get into extremely difficult situations.  As I have learned, when I box in my characters in to the point where I want to

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