Kim McMahill

Prism Book Group's newest acquiring editor, Paula Mowery, will be accepting "pitches" online July 17th-19th. Paula is interested in obtaining inspirational romance of all genres. Paula will be blogging June 19, June 26th, and July 3rd with information on how to better your chances of receiving a contract. Then, July 17th-19th she will be accepting pitches at www.prismbookgroup.com/blog . Be sure to follow her series of blogs about preparing your manuscript for submission so you'll be ready. You can read her bio at www.prismbookgroup.com/submissions . Good Luck!

Well, the first part of the old saying for March, “In like a lion and out like a lamb,” is certainly holding true, but with the first day of Spring already past and the month nearly over I’ve only caught fleeting glimpses of the lamb.   I admit I’m a bit of a weather junkie. I have a snow pack data and several National Weather Service sites bookmarked in my favorites which I check daily.   I find weather and climate fascinating and from a writer’s perspective weather conditions help set the scene and can ratchet up the tension. Is an approaching blizzard or tornado forcing action that normally could have waited? Did an unexpected deluge take out the only bridge for miles? Has the hurricane turned a romantic outing into the fight to stay alive? Is the situation made more terrifying by a major power outage? And, on a more subtle front, weather conditions and seasons dictate small nuances like what the characters are wearing, if the windows in the house are open,   an...