Somewhere along the line, I decided to break a rule. I’m a writer of women’s fiction, and my first WF novel was time travel/magical realism. The second also had a supernatural twist (ghost), but i chose to return to time travel. The rule I broke in WF was to feature the time tour guide from my first book, a male protagonist. So now my genre is science fiction or science fiction romance, but my cover…
At last, it’s here — my new story of time travel, adventure, mystery, and love. The Time Gatherer is available on Amazon today in ebook and print! Why I love writing time travel begins with why I love history. You learn so much about the present and yourself from studying how we got here — what in the past brought our civilization, culture, and individual selves to this point. The human condition evolved over a…
HERE IT IS! The cover reveal for my new novel of time travel, love, loss, and what comes after. George St. James, the magical tour guide from my first novel, The Renaissance Club, discovered his time travel gift when he was a teenager. He found love, and learned he had a target on his back.
With a new novel coming out soon, I’m thinking about themes, titles, and cover art. Self-publishing requires the author to wear a lot of different hats. Fortunately, I like hats. Themes The Time Gatherer is the story of a young man with an unexpected genetic gift, the ability to part the folds of time, and what he decides to do with it. Rock-and-roll, genetics, and a shadowy secret society all play a part, as does…
Ideas for new novels seem to fall into my mind at the worst moments. In the middle of a meeting or phone call, falling asleep, watching television with my husband. He doesn’t love it when I suddenly stop paying attention to our murder mystery show and begin typing.
Women’s Fiction Day is a day to celebrate stories, authors, readers, bookstores, and fans of women’s fiction. Women’s Fiction Writers Association. the founder of this international day, is offering a “Literary Treasure Hunt” — a BIG GIVEAWAY. I’m celebrating with a GIVEAWAY of my book to five readers. Email me at racheldacus@gmail.com if you’d like a free e-book of The Invisibles. The first five people will win a copy. A reader called this story of…
I love time travel novels that focus on love and mystery. Do you need a good read that lets you escape — lifting you out of your worries or concerns. Want to escape for a few evenings that’s romantic, adventurous, and emotionally satisfying? I know I need such stories right now. Here are three books I’ve read that combine all those elements — with a Youtube link to a song for each book!
How to write through a pandemic? My every-damn-day-writing habit, cultivated during National Novel Writing Month three years ago, that’s how I’m doing it. Yes, I have days when my head is full of clouds rather than words. And then I have mornings when the light coming through my East-facing window seems to waft golden ideas into my head and out through my tapping fingers. Or even more likely, when I’m in the shower and a…
If you’re having trouble getting started with your writing today — these haikus might help motivate your creativity. Poise and take a few deep breaths. Read a haiku. Free write and know you can do this! O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly! — Kobayashi Issa Translation for writers: Don’t count the steps or the words, just keep writing. Forward progress wins in the end and finishes books. Finishing books empower you as a…
I’m celebrating today, RELEASE DAY for my new women’s fiction and magical realism novel, The Invisibles. To celebrate, I’ve published an article in the online magazine Women Writers, Women’s Books. It’s about the naturalness of supernatural elements in women’s fiction. Magical realism is one form, and my favorite, for its blending of the mundane with the marvelous. My new novel does that through the introduction of invisible people in The Room Over There into the…