On Writing | Vicki Hinze

HURRICANE KATRINA: CHECKING IN/CHECKING ON WRITERS

by Vicki Hinze | Sep 1, 2005 | On Writing

To find out the status of your writing friends, agents, booksellers (if people send the names in, I’m adding them!), go to: http://www.itgirlsseries.com/hurricane.htm To add someone to the list of those who have NOT yet checked in: email the name to...

HURRICANE–WRITERS CHECK IN

by Vicki Hinze | Aug 31, 2005 | On Writing

HURRICANE–WRITERS REPORT IN Like so many other writers located in hurricane territory, I am waiting to hear about extended family in Gulfport, Long Beach, and Pass Christian, Mississippi as well as in New Orleans and its suburbs. All of my mother’s...

GRIEF AND GOOD INTENTIONS

by Vicki Hinze | Aug 18, 2005 | On Writing

Warning: this is a no-edit zone… Today, I received a very lovely note from a very gentle woman who sent her condolences on the loss of my future grandchild. I appreciated the note, I appreciated the thought and concern behind it. But at the end of that note, she...

TURNING POINTS

by Vicki Hinze | Aug 16, 2005 | On Writing

Warning: this is an edit-free zone… For every writer, there comes times in their careers where what had been working well just isn’t working anymore. The causes are all over the board. You write historicals and readers just aren’t buying them. You...

Shortages, Gougers, and Writing Discoveries

by Vicki Hinze | Jul 18, 2005 | On Writing

Warning: this is an edit-free zone… The past two weeks, the pressure has been on. Produce the book on time and endure a hurricane (and the kids evacuating, which is just as scary considering road rage during tense times) and get ready for a national conference....

WRITING DAY AND LONDON BLASTS

by Vicki Hinze | Jul 7, 2005 | On Writing

Warning: this is an edit-free zone: July is always a busy month, but this July is grueling. I’m in a major push to get a solid, clean draft of HER PERFECT LIFE written. And because of the subject matter, this novel is ripping me up emotionally in a way no book...