http://caitdonnelly.com/blog Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:38:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the most frequent questions people ask me is, “Do you use real people in your novels?”  The answer is no—not really.  To paraphrase Mary Renault, who, by the way, is one of my very favorite authors of all time, a writer’s mind is like a magpie’s nest, with ... http://caitdonnelly.com/blog/?p=10 (Photo to right: Cáit with NYT Bestselling Author Allison Brennan at PenRWA Spring, 2007) One of the nicest surprises I ever had was coming to my first RWA meeting. I'd been to other writing groups, workshops and panels at conferences for other genres of fiction, and I wasn't expecting ... http://caitdonnelly.com/blog/?p=9 My first novel ever was so deeply autobiographical, it was practically a roman à clef. Because it was so personal, and the story was so important to me, progress was torturously slow, editing incredibly difficult and painful. And however hard I worked, it read like a bad ... http://caitdonnelly.com/blog/?p=8 Welcome to my new Blog Page. I'll be posting comments here and invite you to add your thoughts, as well. http://caitdonnelly.com/blog/?p=3