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...
by LoriBenton | Feb 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
I just pre-ordered three books. This is a rare thing for me to do, but these upcoming historical novels have, for various reasons, caught my eye and I just can’t wait my usual few weeks or months after a book debuts to finally get around to ordering a copy. The...
