by Connie Mann on October 5, 2011
Big ugly deadlines are picking up speed as they tumble downhill. If you don’t get ahead of them in the next two days, they’re going to knock you right off your feet. The plates you’ve worked so hard to keep spinning will crash down on your head and bury you. Anxiety mounts. Family and friends [...]
by Connie Mann on June 8, 2011
As a writer, settings play a huge part in my stories. I almost always start a novel by imagining a place—whether from real life or my imagination. When I’m location scouting, I think about the way a place feels, the unique flowers and smells, whether it’s noisy or soothing, quaint or sophisticated, shiny or well-worn. [...]