http://www.kaysisk.com A contemporary romance author's take on the world of writing and romance Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:42:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To update my writing efforts with Woman's World: I have submitted seven pieces of romantic short fiction. I have received three form letter rejections, one "well-written but not right for us" (or words to that effect), and one "well-written" which also included an invitation to rewrite and resubmit. Wheeeeeee!!!!!!!! I did! And what ... http://www.kaysisk.com/?p=39 It's a bit embarrassing to realize that I haven't updated this site since--egad!--September. My apologies. There aren't any reasons, or more importantly, excuses. I just haven't. I've been keeping up with my blog at kaysisk.blogspot.com instead. However, I've decided to try something new in the way of romance writing. I still ... http://www.kaysisk.com/?p=38 First of all, I'd like to apologize for being seemingly invisible during the summer. My last post was in May. May? Where did the summer go? No, really. Wasn't it just May? And now, it's almost October. Time to get crackin'. I started to sew with real, store-bought patterns when I was ... http://www.kaysisk.com/?p=37 Sometime this last year, amid the Kindle and the Sony eReader and the iPhone, sometime in this maelstrom of digital awareness, I crossed over into new territory, me and all my formerly e-published compadres. At some point, e-published has stopped being a hang-up as the reading public scrambles for new ... http://www.kaysisk.com/?p=36 When I started writing over 15 years ago, I didn't tell anyone. It was a challenge to myself to see if I could have a story idea, start a book with it, and then finish said book. My teenage sons quickly found me out because I would be hurrying to ... http://www.kaysisk.com/?p=35 The contest season, that is. For romance novels published in 2008, the time is now (or even a bit past), to be entering the contests sponsored by local Romance Writers of America chapters. Since Wedding Belle Blues was published in January 2008, it is eligible for contests which allow electronically ... http://www.kaysisk.com/?p=34 When I was first e-published in 2000, the word on the web was "cutting edge." To be e-published was to be the wave of the future. It was merely a matter of a couple of years and the rest of the publishing world would catch up. The same was true ... http://www.kaysisk.com/?p=33 I've started writing a new book. As I'm a "pantser", a seat of my pants writer (as opposed to a plotter), I have no outline. I haven't spent two months detailing my characters' every move. To do so would, to me, be the same as writing the book. It would ... http://www.kaysisk.com/?p=32 I've long realized that there are a few movies which, despite the fact that I own copies of them, I'll still watch when I happen upon them on TV. Ever After, Speed, Never Been Kissed, Dave. I watch because I'm waiting for the pay-off. In the case of each of ... http://www.kaysisk.com/?p=31 I shall assume that this is your first visit to kaysisk.com. A heart-felt welcome. If you came from the link in the McKinney Living Magazine, a extra dose of welcome for you. I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed meeting with Louis Miller and reliving his dance career. It ... http://www.kaysisk.com/?p=30