by Ruthie | Jun 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
I can’t stop reading, really. I’m the sort of person who can’t sit at the table and talk to someone if there’s junk mail in my line of vision. I’ll keep glancing to the side, unable to tear my eyes away from that donation solicitation or...
by Ruthie | Jun 15, 2011 | WIP Wednesday
It’s WIP Wednesday, so here’s a little snippet from my work-in-progress, which I’m still calling MAN OF THE HOUR. I’ve sent Sean and Katie to a swanky hotel in Louisville, and Katie’s just found out they’re going to have to share a...
by Ruthie | Jun 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
The title of this post should be received with a dash of irony, since I spent several hours today having this conversation with my two-year-old son: Son: Go to the train museum! Me: We’re going to go, honey, just as soon as the museum opens at 9:00. Which is in...
by Ruthie | Jun 1, 2011 | WIP Wednesday
For the first time in ages and ages, I don’t actually have a WIP today. I sent MAN FOR THE JOB and THE MORNING AFTER to my agent yesterday morning, leaving me with nothing on my writing To-Do list but the unpleasant task of writing synopses for both of them....
by Ruthie | May 19, 2011 | Grammar for Writers
Many writers have a yellowed copy of Strunk and White’s Elements of Style among their possessions. Mine quotes the New York Times on the cover: “Buy it, study it, enjoy it. It’s as timeless as a book can be in our age of volubility.” Hear,...
