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Rene

Romance writer and stay-at-home mom

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I'm a writer who writes historical and urban fantasy. My main blog is A Little Cheese With That Whine where I talk about my struggles with writing and parenthood.
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My Interests

History, particularly 18th century. Cooking. Baseball. Crafts.

I'd like to meet:

Other writers and moms.Groups I belong to: Dark Urban Fantasy

Music:

A little bit of everything except country.

Movies:

"Office Space" is my favorite. I'll watch it if the words "Monty Python" appear in the title and "Johnny Depp" appears in the credits.

Television:

Deadwood, Hex, SpongeBob SquarePants, House.

Books:

Historicals, Historical romances, dark urban fantasy and paranormal romances. I like Kim Harrison, Charlaine Harris, Susanna Clarke, Susan Squires, Rebecca Forster, Jim Butcher

My Blog

Meat and Potatoes

I know I've touched on this topic before but sometimes it hits me and I feel like talking about it again. I'm talking about the core emotions involved in a book. The deep center of a story which defie...
Posted by Rene on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:17:00 PST

A Year In Books

Despite the tag, I'm not talking about writing, but it was the closest I could come to "books."  Isn't that bizarre?  All those category tags and none of them deal with books.  Ah well....
Posted by Rene on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:10:00 PST

Like a Phoenix (I hope)

So my remodel is essentially done, enough that I'm back in my house.  Nano was a bust this year although I did manage to nail down about 6K words (far better than I expected). I wish I could blam...
Posted by Rene on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:45:00 PST

NaNoWriMo and Remodel

I know I've been very quiet.  Nothing like a major remodel to completely throw you out of your normal routine.  However, it is now November and I am doing NaNo.  It isn't easy, but then...
Posted by Rene on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:49:00 PST

Aloha

No, I didn't disappear or anything, but for the last two weeks I've been frantically trying to get ready for vacation and a remodel. I'm leaving Sunday for the Big Island for a week with my family but...
Posted by Rene on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:32:00 PST

World Building

World building has never been a toughy for me until now.   The worlds I've created in the past have either been grounded in reality or based completely on fantasy, rarely a mixture.  Th...
Posted by Rene on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:27:00 PST

How James Bond Helps Me Write

Don't you hate when you're 13K words into a WIP and you finally figure out why it isn't working for you? I was writing yesterday and I got bored.  So I went upstairs and played a James Bond game ...
Posted by Rene on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:21:00 PST

Writing in Chaos

There has been a general theme amongst many of the blogs I've been reading about a general sense of "blah" when it comes to writing this summer.  I've felt it to.  My blahs have a cause.&nb...
Posted by Rene on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:35:00 PST

Chapter Three

I'm not one to really focus on milestones in my writing.  I'm not a milestone kind of gal.  However, I do recognize one: the end of chapter three.  When I've finished chapter three, I k...
Posted by Rene on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:06:00 PST

Something to Die For

Thank you for your supportive comments yesterday, they were very helpful.  The act of venting is sometimes enough to get my creativity charged up again.  I started writing yesterday but I di...
Posted by Rene on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:08:00 PST