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Coming to a theater near you… I wish…
So I’ve been daydreaming about my novel, “The Time Telephone” being made into a movie. Am I the only one who thinks it would make a...

Connie Lacy
May 25, 20162 min read


There's a reason characters in “The Shade Ring Trilogy” are so diverse
Bye-bye, blue eyes. That’s one of the conclusions drawn by demographers about Americans’ appearance in the not-too-distant future. ...

Connie Lacy
Apr 26, 20162 min read


Choosing character names
In my third novel, "VisionSight," the main character’s name is Jenna. But it didn’t start out that way. Originally, her name was Donna....

Connie Lacy
Apr 4, 20162 min read


Writing is a solitary sport
Like most novelists, I’m driven to write. Shaping and fleshing out a novel is a creative challenge that I throw myself into. Excitement...

Connie Lacy
Mar 4, 20162 min read


Blushing as I write a sex scene…
To each her own. Some readers like their sex scenes hot and steamy. Others want the details left up to their imagination. I tend to...

Connie Lacy
Feb 5, 20161 min read


Writing realistic locations in my books
My first three novels are all set mostly in the Atlanta area. Of course, that’s where I live and I know some interesting local spots to...

Connie Lacy
Jan 13, 20162 min read


To sequel or not to sequel: that is the question
Lots of how-to guides say writing trilogies and series is the best way to succeed as an indie author. The “experts” say you build a fan...

Connie Lacy
Dec 16, 20152 min read


Thank you to a couple of favorite teachers!
When I was in fifth grade at Mercy Middle School on Okinawa, I lucked out. I got Miss Capuson for my teacher. And every day after lunch...

Connie Lacy
Nov 10, 20152 min read


Seeing the future...
“If only I’d known then what I know now…” How often have you said that? What if you really did know then what you know now? Would you...

Connie Lacy
Oct 19, 20151 min read


I can’t help it. I love time travel stories.
Time travel is just a fascinating idea. I’ve always thought so. Apparently, a lot of other people think so too, based on the popularity...

Connie Lacy
Sep 17, 20152 min read


The heartbreak of abandoning a child
One of the themes of my second book, The Time Telephone, is child abandonment. The main character is a teenage girl who, unlike many...

Connie Lacy
Aug 21, 20151 min read


Could my novel, The Shade Ring, come true?
NASA's former lead climate scientist James Hansen has released a new study, along with 16 co-authors, that says oceans could rise a...

Connie Lacy
Jul 24, 20151 min read


Our fascination with time travel...
My second novel, The Time Telephone, focuses not on actual time travel, but calling through time. The young protagonist, 17 year old...

Connie Lacy
Jun 28, 20152 min read


Is a solar shade ring just science fiction?
Right now it sounds like Sci-fi but the proposal is already being bandied about. LiveScience ran an article ten years ago. The idea is...

Connie Lacy
Apr 26, 20151 min read


Could we really see sunken cities in a hundred years?
My novel, The Shade Ring, is set a hundred years in the future when sea level has risen fifteen feet. Of course, it's fiction. But...

Connie Lacy
Feb 13, 20151 min read
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