Comments on: Special Guest Blogger: Hope Tarr!

By: name

name — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:29:24 +0000

My life’s been basically bland , but shrug. I’ve just been letting everything pass me by recently. I’ve more or less been doing nothing.,

By: kim h

kim h — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:37:28 +0000

great to see u here. love your blazes.

By: Patricia Cochran

Patricia Cochran — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:00:21 +0000

Thanks for joining us today. I’m a reader, not a writer, but it is very good for us to be
knowledgeable about the “twists and turns” in the lives of your characters.

Pat Cochran

By: limecello

limecello — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:49:56 +0000

Hi Hope,
Thanks for visiting today. :X Looks like I forgot to comment this morning. Interesting how you work. I’m not … organized, anymore. I tend to let chaos reign, then go a bit nuts in structure… and then let everything be a mess again. I’ve never been one for making lists/organizers, or writing down meetings/ assignments. I probably should… but thus far I’ve done ok :angel7:

By: Hope

Hope — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:38:44 +0000

You know, Julie, that is an excellent point and my experience, too. You know the story is really cooking when you can’t take a break. Even though I may have your computer turned off, those pesky characters follow me into the shower, on my run, even sometimes block the tv set and fill my head like…well, like chattering monkeys. About two weeks before a ms is due, they usually start infiltrating my dreams as well. That’s when a bunch of the book gets written down on coffee napkins, tiny scraps of paper at the bottom of my purse, stray envelopes, cocktail napkins, you name it–because after 14 plus years of doing this, I’ve apparently yet to figure out that carrying pen & paper would be a really good thing.

By: Hope

Hope — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:34:22 +0000

Hi Julie,

That is incredibly kind of her. I’ve really enjoyed my day here. What a nice group you have. This seems as good a time as any to say thank you for having me.

By: Julie Leto

Julie Leto — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:16:41 +0000

Hope, Carly sent a message from her iPhone asking me to post and tell you how much she enjoyed your blog and to thank you for sharing your perspective with our Plotmonkey readers. She’s in Arizona at a conference and doesn’t have Internet except for her phone. She must be going nuts!

You know, I’ve been thinking about your post all day and I think that I really know a book is working when the characters start talking to me when I’m NOT writing, if you know what I mean. In the shower. In the car. In the kitchen. When they’re in my brain all the time, the writing usually comes much easier. Unfortunately, it doesn’t happen all the time!

By: Hope

Hope — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:06:09 +0000

Hi Fedora & Estella,

Glad you like the cover for BOUND. As much as we try not to, we do to some extent judge a book by its cover, me included. The book will be out in stores as of July 1st but it’s available on EHarlequin.com starting June 1st along with an interview I did for the site.

Hope

By: Hope

Hope — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:03:57 +0000

Hi Donna,

I’m so glad you liked STROKES OF MIDNIGHT. That book is a particular favorite of mine for a number of reasons. My working title, which I still like a lot, was ROMANCING BECKY STONE. Not nearly “Blazey” enough, tho.

By: Estella

Estella — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:47:37 +0000

Your historical has a great cover!