by Maggie Preston | Oct 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
I love fish out of water stories. It probably started when I read a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court back in elementary school. Time travel, some romance, medieval courts…who wouldn’t fall in love with that story! But since I’ve always felt like an outsider...
by Maggie Preston | Oct 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
We’ve all heard phrases like “think out of the box” and “taking it to the next level” but actually achieving this task can be Herculean. There’s nothing like someone demanding creativity on the spot to make your creative juices pucker up. But I hate to admit that as...
by Maggie Preston | Sep 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today’s post will be short and sweet. I’m approaching a self-imposed deadline and am trying to stay on track. But the roads are icy, let me tell you!! Back in April when I learned my first book would be published I set up a calendar for the year, set up daily, weekly...
by Maggie Preston | Sep 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
When I started writing romance my genre of choice was historical. I always felt like I was born in the wrong time period and penning the historical novel with an ahead-of-her-time heroine really appealed to me. One of my favorite romances of my teen years was about a...
by Maggie Preston | Sep 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
In 2014 I took the leap and left my full time job for the life of a contractor. I’d thought about it for years but was apprehensive about the necessity to network and find jobs. Then I realized how much networking I do as a writer and it became less daunting a task....
by Maggie Preston | Aug 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Those words have always had a specific meaning for me. The long-awaited for words I get to type at the end of a completed book. Recently they took on new meaning. My dad died on August 15th, my mom, brother and I standing near his bed as his last breath rattled from...
