I 've been wondering if there is some way to enhance creativity. To free your mind so that it can imagine endless scenarios and ideas that would make plotting easier.Easier? That's funny. I'm old enough to know nothing, absolutely nothing, in life is easy.(Well, maybe for some people but I'm just talking about most of [...]

Hi Everyone!The kids are back in school and my house is SILENT...except for the soft snores of my pooch who is passed out on her back with her legs up in the air.I'm reading the classic screenwriting book Story by Robert McKee and I wanted to share one little tidbit    that may help you [...]

Join me at Romance U. today as I virtual-lecture about jam-packing your scenes with good stuff to make them work as hard as they possibly can. Here's the link:http://romanceuniversity.org/2013/08/16/scene-structure-with-miranda-liasson/comment-page-1/#comment-38463See you all over there! And hey--it's Friday! Stop by and say hey! Woo hoo!!!The Lowcountry in late afternoon. That little speck between the trees is one [...]

This is a story told best in pictures.Our table at the RITA/GH ceremony included my friends and chapter mates GH Paranormal winner AE Jones and Barb Heintz.My manuscript that won the Golden Heart in the Contemporary Series category.AE Jones won the Golden Heart for Paranormal! We are amazed!We got to pose for a pic with [...]

Well, I thought I'd share my Golden Heart®  call story from last week. As you all know, The Romance Writers of America calls all of its unpublished manuscript finalists in its annual Golden Heart® contest every year on a designated day.      I was picking up my 16-year old son’s friend to take them both to volleyball practice when the [...]

I was just going to post some pictures from my trip to the lovely city of Savannah this past weekend but today I got a call from RWA that BOTH of the manuscripts I entered finaled in the Golden Heart contest. My friend and chaptermate Amy E Jones ( http://aejonesauthor.com/), also from Northeast Ohio RWA (NEORWA) also finaled in the paranormal [...]