by LoriBenton | Feb 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve been reading the well known devotional, Streams in the Desert, this year. And as I’ve long been in a season of waiting for writing and book related matters, I thought today’s entry was very appropriate and wanted to share some of it here....
by LoriBenton | Feb 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Another week, another chapter. Only one chapter? That sounds like such a slow pace, seeing as I spent at least four hours a day every day this week sitting here working (and more besides researching). But I had a few not so stellar writing days this week–you...
by LoriBenton | Feb 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s the day after Valentine’s Day and I’m ready to fall in love. I’ve looked… I’ve flirted… Throughout the pre-Civil War South, older slaves too worn out for anything else worked daily in the...
by LoriBenton | Feb 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Midway through January I began a new work in progress (WIP). I started it a few weeks earlier than I’d planned, but the first part of the WIP was vivid and nudging at me to get written, so I went ahead and did the research for that section first (focusing on...
by LoriBenton | Feb 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m endlessly fascinated with and charmed by non-USA English speakers’ accents. Scottish, Irish, New Zealanders, Welsh… the list is long. Which probably explains why many of the characters I write don’t sound like I do when they speak. Since my...
