by Christie Meierz | Aug 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
So here’s the thing about The Fall: I wrote it knowing where I was going with the story, but I couldn’t get from about a third of the way through it to the middle. I skipped that bit and kept going, and the second half of the book wrote itself. Now I have...
by Christie Meierz | Aug 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Yes, it’s been a while. Partly, I haven’t known what to say that could possibly follow winning a Prism award. Partly, beyond trying (sometimes unsuccessfully) to post short daily updates on my Facebook author page, I’ve had little to say. Truly, I lead a very...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Marann won the 2013 Prism award, Futuristic category! This is given by the Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal chapter of the Romance Writers of America (one of its largest chapters). I was stunned. They gave me a mic, and I don’t even know what I said. I...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Tomorrow the husband and I are driving to Atlanta, Georgia for the RWA Nationals. There’s a workshop that I really want to attend in every single time slot, and in some cases, two. So this should be fun, educational, and exhausting. Thursday evening, I’ll...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
By now, you may have seen the video of Dustin Hoffman making the rounds on Facebook, wherein he gets teary-eyed because he had an epiphany when makeup artists couldn’t make him beautiful to play the role of Tootsie. If you haven’t, it’s here. You may...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
I am buried in Marann edits. It’s left me with little energy for anything else, including this blog. For this, I apologize. If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you can see daily progress updates. I really am here! I’m one of those authors who truly...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s rather nice to have a clear set of goals. I spent the first month after I released Daughters dithering about what I was going to do next. Now, publishing contract in hand, I know exactly what I need to work on. I love it. I spent the first half of June...
by Christie Meierz | Jun 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
I was doing my darnedest to write a scene all day. I had it outlined; I knew what I wanted to do with it. But the dang thing was doing a “digging to China with a rusty spork” routine on me. So I gave up and let it go where it wanted to go. And dang if what...
by Christie Meierz | Jun 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s time to really dig in and finish The Fall. I’ve had lots of ideas, while I was working on other things, for ways to complicate the plot, and I’ll have lots of time with little distraction over the next two weeks while the husband is away at an...
by Christie Meierz | Jun 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
I recently asked my Facebook friends for recommendations on something space opera-y to read. At random, I picked one, read the excerpt on Amazon, and decided to buy it. While the excerpt left me wanting more, I’m having trouble getting through the book. Every...
