|
Weekly
Quotation
For March 7 - 13, 2010
|
|
"I have a whole system for developing characters
that I tell my students, but I don't always
use the whole thing at the beginning of every
book. In the short form, it goes like this:
1. Name her.
2. Place her on the planet (age, description,
town, occupation, etc.)
3. Find out what she wants.
4. Dig up her past.
5. Torture her for her secrets.
6. And because action IS character, kick her
out of the nest.
I usually do the first four steps to begin,
then skip to 6 - the actual writing - then go
back to 5 when I'm stuck. Frankly, I think it's
the most important of all. Try it, and it'll
unlock many a plot knot for you. Because if
you know what one character is hiding, it changes
everything."
~Julie Smith, American mystery author, at the
Sisters in Crime Yahoo List, March 17, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
What's
New
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 New
Article about Attending Conferences
I've got another new article out
about the benefits of attending
writing conferences called:
A Purr-fect Place to Boost Your
Writing Skills
CLICK
HERE to read it at The Loft's
website.
|
|
Updated
03/11/10
|
|
|
|
| New
Article at Just About Write |
|
I've got a new article out called:
Feedback That Nourishes: Critique
Groups and Effective Criticism
CLICK
HERE to read it at Just About
Write.com.
|
|
Updated
03/01/10
|
|
|
Ruth/Cleo Dare
(R) and Chris
Jimenez (center) with me (L) |
| Say a little prayer
for my good friend, Ruth, who is
battling cancer. She's doing well
in chemo right now, but being ill
has surely sapped her writing energy.
The doctors are hoping to knock
The Big C out of her system and
restore her to good health. |
|
Updated
1/28/10
|
|
|
|
|
Lori
& Patty & Jessie Go Shooting! |
|
|
Bill's
Gun Club in Robbinsdale, Minnesota,
was the site of scary doings when
the Book Addicts went out to target
shoot. |
|
| Jessie
and Lori load up magazines for Jessie's
Glock and Lori's Beretta. |
|
|
 |
Patty
had a great night shooting. Considering
it was only her second time on a range,
she shot the hell out of her targets. |
|
| I
had a pretty decent night of accuracy
as well, and we had a LOT of fun! |
|
|
|
|
|
Appearance:
Intergenerational Queer Storytellers
I appeared with Victor J. Banis
in Madison Wisconsin, at A Room
of One's Own to do a presentation
and discussion about gay and lesbian
writing. The event was sponsored
by The U of W's LGBT Campus Center
and was part of their Coming Out
month festivities.
Here's a picture of us:
|
|
| |
|
Don't
Miss
These Pages!
|
|
|
|
x
|
|
|
| |
|
This
site last updated on March 11, 2010
All contents
of this web site are protected by U.S.
and International copyright laws and may
not be reproduced in any manner without
the written consent of the author and/or
her publishers.
Please contact lori@lorillake.com
with questions.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shimmer
& Other Stories
|
Snow
Moon Rising
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Have
Gun We'll Travel
|
Romance
For Life
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
The
Milk of Human Kindness
|
Stepping
Out and Other Stories
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Different
Dress
|
Under
The Gun
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Gun
Shy
|
Ricochet
In Time
|
|
Movie
Trailers
for the Books
|
| |
| With
Brenda Adcock's wizardry, there are now movie trailers,
complete with music, for my last two books. Click below
to see and turn on your speakers: |
| |
|
Shimmer
& Other Stories |
| |
|
Snow
Moon Rising |
| |
|
Bound/Printed
Books
|
| My novels and short story collections
can be purchased through any bookseller, online, or through
my publisher. CLICK
HERE if you'd like to get print copies of any
of my books through RCE. |
| |
|
A.C.E.
E-Books
|
| My publisher is starting to upload all of RCE's
eBooks to an online store, Allied Crest Editions
(A.C.E.). So far, Gun Shy is up. CLICK
HERE if you would like to purchase eBooks
there in PDF form. |
|
| |
|
E-Books
via
Bella Distribution
|
| The gals at Bella carry books by a
variety of authors, and they're distributing my
eBooks now. CLICK
HERE to get the books in Mobi, Sony, eBook,
and pdf formats. |
|
| |
|
Kindle
E-Books
|
| Amazon.com also carries my books in
the Kindle E-Book format. CLICK
HERE to purchase novels and short story
collections for your Kindle eReader. |
|
| |
|
Recent
Online Interviews & Articles
|
|
|
| A.J. Llewellyn at Dark Diva's Blog did an extensive
interview with me. CLICK
HERE to find out all my deep dark secrets.
The interview shows up on the March 4 entry. |
|
|
|
|
Earl Kemp's online 'zine, eI, has featured
a memoir piece I wrote called "There is
No Reason Not To Trust that the Act of Writing
Will Be Enough."
CLICK
HERE if you'd like to read it.
|
|
| MYSTERICAL-E
featured a long interview with me about writing,
creativity, book themes, etc. There are several
great stories featured in this issue as well as
other podcasts and interviews by a variety of terrific
authors. |
|
|
|
|
I wrote three lengthy blogs at Lee
Lofland's site, The Graveyard Shift, about
firearms, law enforcement, and weaponry for PIs,
cops, sleuths, and bad guys. Click on the parts
below to read. Check these out:
Part
I - Guns, Guns, Guns
Part
II - Outfitting Your Sleuth(s)
Part
III - Outfitting Your Crooks -
and Yourself
|
|
|
