Who’s excited! I wish I could be in the States right now! The Pony Express Re-Ride began today, from St. Joseph to Old Sacramento! Patrick Hearty is my Utah contact for my NEARLY- completed novel Express Desire. Photo above: Patrick and Joseph’s book. Photo to right: Joseph L. Hatch, left, and Patrick Hearty talk …
Español…. … ranks behind only China in total number of language speakers, and far ahead of English speakers.. One good reason to include it in my nearly-completed novel… Another one… it is the language of love… Xavier, born of his Spanish Californio family is, despite his challenges, able to speak this language of love… In …
Looking forward to our trip to the States in July! We will be visiting many sites from the novel Express Desire, soon to be completed! First, the Rancho de las Pulgas, which was the old 1795 Spanish land grant which belonged to the family of my novel hero Xavier Arguello, which today comprises most of …
Good Morning from New Zealand! This lovely morning finds my blog finally with my own Lizzi Tremayne domain name! Thank you, Shirley Wine, for the reminder that I needed to do that at yesterday’s RWNZ meeting! Regards, Lizzi
Happy Saturday… We’ve had some drizzle for about 3 hours now, not a lot, but it’s not running off either! Hope all of you in NZ are getting some rain as the drought is not helping anyone! (Yes, to those of you in faraway places, it hasn’t rained properly for more than a month or …
Several of you have asked me why I am writing a novel… Well, for those of you who don’t know me very well, let me introduce some of my history about history……….. I love the Old West. Bit of a long history, suffice it to say I grew up on Highway 84 in La Honda, …
Good Morning, All! Cranking on novel. Express Desire is coming along nicely. Should be done soon… Plan to have it published before I go to States in July to ride along the Pony Express trail with Patrick Hearty, Past President of the Utah Pony Express Association as well as meet up with all the fantastic …
Have begun teaching and continuing to seek the perfect position! Still performing veterinary dentistry for my clients on a limited basis. Back to this novel! Take care, all!
Hope you and yours have the best and safest of holidays. Writing going very well, and plan to write extensively on my two week holiday! Hope to be nearly done by the end of it! Happy Apocalypse Day! Have you seen Bob Mayer’s new book? The Green Beret Survival Guide to the Apocalypse, Zombies & More… …
Hello All, thanks for your patience! Having recovered from final assignments (Aced all of my courses, the old girl can still study!), I have reviewed all research from last year and am making progress on Express Desire… Have written 3000 words in last 3 writing days. The week before that did some editing of …
Having finished my Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Sec.), I have now resumed the writing of Express Desire… It’s coming together and have goaled to complete it by beginning of February. I wish to express my heartfelt thanks to all of you who helped me and inspired me through this past year. You know who you …
Several people have lately asked me what “steampunk” literature is. Rose Anderson, Author of Dreamscape and Hermes Online, just posted this great definition of Steampunk on a listserve: Steam grew from speculative fiction, think Jules Verne with his gadgets and machines being way ahead of their time, also Sherlock Holmes science, HG Wells philosophy etc. It’s …
Amazing how working on a character arc can sometimes be a huge lesson in self-psychoanalysis. My Heroine in Express Desire is teaching me significant lessons today which I’ve needed to learn my whole life… More on that later.
Boy, is learning about social media a steep learning curve! Getting my ducks in line, I’ll get there! Now that they are pretty well there and the cotton is slowly coming out of my head from this virus we’ve all had, the writing continues, but in earnest now! Have created a new FB page under …
Reading Bob Mayer’s blogs reminds me that I have already discovered,( usually by trial and subsequent error) that no matter what goal I set for myself, it cannot be achieved without consistent, directed effort. Coupled with the fact that in the past I have nearly always tried to do more than was humanly possible, and …