Cynthia Harrison

Novelist

Year: 2010

  • Resolutions, Part One

    Last night I went out to dinner with girlfriends and almost ordered a cup of sugar and a stick of butter. Clearly, I have work to do in the health area, and I’ll be making some resolutions about that as soon as I figure out what will mesh best with my writing life. The resolution that I’ve been…

  • Synopsis Drama

    I looked at the first paragraph of my horrid synopsis this morning and decided to rewrite the entire thing. Yesterday’s synopsis was 5 pages long. Except for the first blah paragraph, I didn’t even read it. I just wrote 5 new, better pages today. What was lacking in yesterday’s synopsis was voice. Tone. Mood. Class.…

  • My Horrid Synopsis

    Wrote the synopsis, which was horrid, as these things are. The challenge will be to make it not horrid but compelling enough to get to the next step, which is a request for a full. I have had more requests for chapters than I can count. (But never one on Christmas Eve!) I’ve even had…

  • Good Tidings for Christmas

    Here I am relaxing with a glass of Seattle Chardonnay and wearing my new hammered cuff. Gifts from the kids, who could not be here for Christmas. Al and I stole a half hour before his family arrived for dinner, to have a quiet toast. Although I love the wine, the jewelry, and all my…

  • Christmas Writing Trick

    I have been steadily writing every morning through the holiday season so far, but I can see this coming to a stop very soon–like tomorrow when I have to shop for our Christmas Day celebration here, with Al’s family. Like Christmas Eve, when I promised to make an Applesauce Cake for the family feast my mom…