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How to Post Your Novel Status on Facebook

November 2, 2015 by L. J. Wilson Leave a Comment

975708_10101459160073470_57961841_nFor what seems like stationary thing, status is a busy word. It can tell you something simple, like the “in transit” location of the cat tree you ordered on Amazon. Traditionally, the word status speaks to one’s life achievements. Nowadays, status is most commonly associated with Facebook vernacular. The other day, because my brain hit a wall, (not so strange) I thought: What if you could capture a novel’s progress in terms of a Facebook status? Would it look something like this?

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Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: books, Clairmont Series, Facebook, Ghost Gifts, L. J. Wilson, Laura Spinella, Ruby Ink, status

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

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

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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Oh, the Drama!

March 8, 2015 by L. J. Wilson 1 Comment

couple-278269_1280Writers—romance writers in particular—require drama. I mean, if it weren’t for conflict, books would be rather boring things. In real life it’s not so black and white, as no one likes endless jags of drama, fits of jealousy or continuous battle rounds—unless it’s The Voice. Still, whether drama is found in your living room or a novel, occasional emotional anarchy is unavoidable.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: characters, conflict, drama, emotions, L. J. Wilson, Laura Spinella, novel, Ruby Ink, Washington Post

Is Clorox Gluten-Free?

February 22, 2015 by L. J. Wilson 4 Comments

I’m a writer. But I never thought I’d write a blog, or even a note to myself, about being gluten-free. Now, surely you’ve just concluded I’m newly diagnosed, that I’ve found my social conversation cross to bear via genealogical fate—but you’d be wrong. I’ve been a card-carrying Celiac for nearly six years. I’ve just never been particularly motivated to put pen to paper—or fingers on a keyboard, as the case may be. If I were to tackle the topic, I’d start with my grandmother. I owe her. In addition to hips wider than I’d like, I’m certain she was the giver of this special gift, although she was never diagnosed.

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Filed Under: Blog, Gluten Free Tagged With: Celiac disease, Gluten-free, L. J. Wilson, Laura Spinella, Ruby Ink, writer

This Is The Reason Lovers Lie

February 15, 2015 by L. J. Wilson 6 Comments

rose-615281_1280Good lovers lie. Or so said a pre-Valentine’s Day New York Times post on the subject. The well-written article goes into great depth when it comes to passion-prodded lying—to your significant other, your children, and your friends. “If you want to have love in your life, you’d better be prepared to tell some lies and to believe some lies.”

This past weekend, my daughter put that concept to the test. Her new beau, while a delightful young man, didn’t seem terribly dialed in to the nuances of the special date. When she mentioned having purchased him a gift, his response was, “Oh. I made a dinner reservation. I didn’t know we were doing gifts.”

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