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Seriously? She Writes Romance?

June 1, 2015 by L. J. Wilson Leave a Comment

The blog below originally appeared on One Curvy Blogger. Many thanks to Sarah, who had this to say about Ruby Ink: “Hey, Curvy Readers! Today I have a guest post to share with you guys. Earlier this week I reviewed Ruby Ink. I loved it so much, I invited L.J. Wilson back so she can give us an in-depth peek at the author behind such a unique story!”

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Filed Under: Blog, Writing Tagged With: L. J. Wilson, Laura Spinella, One Curvy Blogger, romance, romance writer, Ruby Ink

Big Author Goals, Medium on the Side

May 18, 2015 by L. J. Wilson Leave a Comment

Let’s just put it out there, up front. The temptation to begin this interview with “Nobody doesn’t like Saralee…” is almost insurmountable. While no doubt author/speaker Saralee Rosenberg has heard that song before, it happens to be the truth—less a thousand calories. A visit to Saralee’s website tells us about her writing success, a colorful array of accomplishments, ranging from New York Times essayist to being a guest on Oprah.

Saralee is also my Girlfriend’s Book Club blog-mate, and one of my favorite author friends. Recently, I had a chance to catch up with Saralee—an uncommon soul, to say the least.  Read on to learn more about Saralee’s ability to reach out and reach beyond.

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Filed Under: Blog, Writing Tagged With: Dear Neighbor Drop Dead, Girlfriends Book Club, L. J. Wilson, Long Island Medium, Saralee Rosenberg, Theresa Caputo, Women’s Intuition Workshop

Catching the Ghostwriter

May 3, 2015 by L. J. Wilson Leave a Comment

house-treeI live an old house. It makes sense: writer, vintage property, high on a hill, seclusion. If the liquor store delivered, I’d never leave. Atmosphere is never in short supply, the house adapting to seasons like a clapboard chameleon. I connected to this house the second I saw it, even after confronted by a kitchen that looked like something the Property Brothers would reject. In its favor was a to-die-for sunroom and built-in character, the kind modern homes can’t possibly produce.

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Filed Under: Blog, Writing Tagged With: art, Birch Knoll, Ghostwriter, house, L. J. Wilson, Laura Spinella, muse, Property Brothers, writer

Do Writers Dream Differently?

April 19, 2015 by L. J. Wilson 2 Comments

mirror-for-a-writer2I wonder if writers dream differently. It seems like they should. We’re people immersed in parts of our brains that leave others curious as to why we’re not medicated—hourly. On occasion, readers ask if I dream the plots of my books. To a point, yes. But surely not in the way they think—like a movie with an all access pass. I tend to dream on higher ground, if that makes sense. It means I have to search for the connection between the work in progress and the dream. It’s there. It’s just not always obvious.

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Filed Under: Blog, Writing Tagged With: dreams, Fifty Shades of Grey, Frankenstein, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, L. J. Wilson, Mary Shelley, Misery, Ruby Ink, stephen king, Twilight, writers

Ruby Ink, We Are Go for Launch

March 29, 2015 by L. J. Wilson Leave a Comment

home-slides-peace-3“There are a thousand steps…” It’s my favorite line from my favorite movie. It’s a malleable multipurpose phrase, great for teenagers prepping for SATs and works well with husbands asked to purge garages filled with 15 years of junk. Excuse me, valuable odds and ends, for which a purpose may be imminent.

The thousand step theory also applies to book writing and publishing—two very different undertakings. Although the thousand steps of book writing can feel more like a game of Chutes and Ladders. Climb to step 598 and you may slide back to step 212. Of course, step 212 looks remarkably similar to step 887, which mirrors step 413. Translation: revision, revision, revision. You get to claim 1000 when you send your manuscript off to your agent or editor, and if you’re lucky the counter only resets to step 712.

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Filed Under: Blog, Writing Tagged With: characters, Clairmont, L. J. Wilson, Laura Spinella, love story, romance writer, Ruby Ink, series, sex

The Permanence of Ink

March 22, 2015 by L. J. Wilson Leave a Comment

In 2015, body art is as common as cell phones and social media. In fact, you have to be north of 30 to recall a time when two of those staples didn’t exist. Tattoos, on the other hand, have been around, seemingly, forever. A recent Bored Panda post, and the prominence of tattoos in Ruby Ink, got me thinking about the vast history of the topic. From Henna-dyed Egyptians to Julius Caesar, Somoan warriors to 18th century British officers, tattoos are a well-documented form of expression.

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One of the earliest known “tattooed ladies” of the circus, circa 1907

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Filed Under: Blog, Writing Tagged With: Body art, ink, L. J. Wilson, Laura Spinella, Ruby Ink, tattoos

Is a Pen Name a Good Thing?

March 15, 2015 by L. J. Wilson 1 Comment

SONY DSCA blend of folklore and fact explains how Samuel Clemmons became Mark Twain, another byproduct of the famed author’s time as a riverboat employee. The most validated tale revolves around captain Isaiah Sellers and his pragmatic descriptions of the Mississippi River—its water levels and favorable, or not, sailing conditions. In the margin of his logs, it’s said that Sellers embellished the dry waterway notes, detailing the river with more interesting and less perfunctory information. He’d sign his all his findings—exaggerated and unadorned—“Mark Twain.” And so was born the identity that Samuel Clemmons chose for his own writing. The words he saw as extensions of the truth, or the fiction we know as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

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