by Maria Geraci People (as in readers and fellow authors) always ask me how I find my stories. If you’re a writer, then I’m sure you get asked this question a lot as well. My answer is always the same. I don’t find my stories. They find me. Now, lest you think this is some […]
by Maria Geraci Yesterday, I was sitting on the couch catching up on the shows on my DVD when I decided to get something out of the freezer. Okay, I’ll just get this out of the way and admit it was ice-cream. An ice-cream Snickers bar, to be exact. So I got my ice-cream Snickers […]
by Maria Geraci Okay, so first off, don’t run. This isn’t going to be a blog about football or Christianity. This is going to be a blog about inspiration. Something I seek desperately every day to get the thousands (seemingly) of things done I need to get done in my multiple jobs as author, small […]
by Maria Geraci Go ahead and admit it. You have a celebrity crush. Not a crush as in, that guy is cute (I have those too! Mine would be Jesse Spencer from Chicago Fire). But if you’re like most people you have some sort of fascination for someone in the limelight. Someone say, like, Princess Kate. Yep. I’m […]
by Maria Geraci First, I must apologize for missing my blogs last month. What was I thinking? Well, clearly, I wasn’t. This time last month I was in the middle of the RWA conference and there was lots of other stuff going on and I simply forgot. So sorry! Now, onto today’s blog, which I’m writing in the […]
by Maria Geraci I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend filled with lots of good family time, sunshine, great food and a renewed sense of thankfulness for all that our troops have done to help preserve our country’s wonderful freedom. I love the beginning of summer! The end, not so much (August is stifling here in […]
by Maria Geraci There comes a time in every book’s life when the author sits back from her keyboard, scratches her head, and asks, “Now what?” I really hate when this happens. And it happens every time. At least to me it does, and I imagine it happens to most other authors as well. For […]
by Maria Geraci Before you begin to snicker, I’m not talking about that happy place (mind out of the gutter, please!), I’m talking about writing from a place of internal happiness. Happiness is something I’ve thought about a lot lately. We all strive to be happy. But how many of us can define what it is […]
by Maria Geraci I love Easter weekend! When I was kid, growing up in central Florida, Easter was one of the most anticipated holidays at my house. My parents, being strict Catholics, always emphasized the importance of the holiday over all the other religious holidays and made a huge deal of the entire weekend. As […]
by Maria Geraci Every book I’ve written has been inspired, in part, by either a song or a playlist of songs. When I’m immersed in writing a story, there’s always music playing in my head. A lot of writers I know create playlists for their books. I’ve never done an “official” playlist for any of […]