by M.Q. Barber | Mar 10, 2013 | Neighborly Affection series, Writing
My debut book, Neighborly Affection: Playing the Game, features three main characters: Alice, Henry, and Jay. Alice’s voice dominates the story. It’s her introduction to the erotic world of BDSM. During the last three months, as I’ve worked with my...
by M.Q. Barber | Feb 10, 2013 | Chatter, Writing
I’ve been writing like a madwoman on my current work in progress, and today it finally paid off: The first draft is complete. I’m giddy saying the words, like a kid buzzed on her first bottle of beer. The post-drafting euphoria has set in. It’s a...
by M.Q. Barber | Jan 12, 2013 | Chatter, Writing
Some days, you just wake up ready to write, with the characters’ voices echoing in your ears.Those are the best days. Today’s tally: 3,000 words or thereabouts, three scenes, two WIPs. (And two kinds of cupcakes, a food that is entirely necessary and...
by M.Q. Barber | Dec 22, 2012 | Chatter, Writing
Just over 1,300 words today on the work in progress — about average for me, though there have been crazy days when the characters won’t stop chattering and the day’s writing output has tripled. (So, too, are there days when more thinking than writing...
by M.Q. Barber | Dec 13, 2012 | Writing
All writers have strategies for coping with the psychosomatic bane of their existence: writer’s block. For me, writer’s block is usually the product of too much mental chatter. When the signal-to-noise ratio is unfavorable, the characters’ voices...
