When Less Is Not More

When I finished the first draft of A Bit of Sun, my first novel, it comprised 234,000 words. “Oh, Ann,” you are thinking, “haven’t you […]

All At Sea

We fiction writers love to write. That’s why we do it. (And I bet you thought it was for the money!) But sometimes, after finishing […]

A Rose by Any Other Name

According to Shakespeare’s heroine in Romeo and Juliet, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” And I think most of us would agree, […]

Write What You Know

I must be a born rebel. (Well, I am a Mississippian and I did graduate from Ole Miss…) When it comes to fiction-writing rules, I […]

When Less Is Not More

When I finished the first draft of A Bit of Sun, my first novel, it comprised 234,000 words. “Oh, Ann,” you are thinking, “haven’t you […]

WHO AM I?

No, I’m not Bourne again and this is not a parody of a popular spy novel. I am a wife, mother, grandmother, avid reader, cruising […]