Winter is a tough time for work-at-home writer-moms to have a regular schedule. Not only is it cold and flu season, but it seems school is canceled for weather every time other day. Here in the metro DC area, most school districts have had eight or more snow days since mid-January. Between that and the federal holidays, teacher work days, and end-of-semester days off, the kids … [Read more...]
Writerly Dreams
Confession: When I was little, I wanted to be a rock star. Then a movie star. Then a rock star again, or possibly a movie star princess who played in a band on the side. And then I read the Ramona books, and I wanted to be Beverly Cleary. But in every scenario, even the one where I became Beverly Cleary, it ended the same: Cameras flashing and people screaming while I … [Read more...]
A Romantic Comedy Writer’s Top 10 Moments of 2015
MK nailed it a week ago - writing romance novels is one wild, wild ride. And this time of year, I love to look back and see what I've done, and what I haven't accomplished yet since this time last year. And so today, I present... Jamie Farrell's Top 10 Writer-Girl Moments of 2015 10. Joining Romance on the Rocks! 9. Educating my refrigerator delivery guy about romance … [Read more...]
Night of the Living NaNo
Every October for the last ten years or so, I've huddled at my computer, on writer boards, listening in as my writer peeps talked about their preparations for National Novel Writing Month. And I've thought, "I should do that. But I already have this book started, and that's cheating if it's not starting from scratch like they say, and I have a day job/am pregnant/have an … [Read more...]
A Heroine for the Ages
A few weeks ago, my family and I traveled home to Illinois for my grandma's funeral. Grandma had ten kids and twenty-something grandchildren, and even more great-grandchildren. Family alone topped one hundred attendees at her funeral. And I couldn't help thinking that we were burying a woman who had been a hero in her own quiet, unassuming way. Grandma was one smart lady. … [Read more...]
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