by Jinx Schwartz | Aug 31, 2013 | Writing
Every reader harbors writing pet peeves, and one of mine is the word, HAD. Not that it isn’t a perfectly good word; it has its uses. It is overuse that drives me nuts…and I’m already pretty far down that road. So here I was, all tucked in and happily...
by Jinx Schwartz | Aug 15, 2013 | Writing
Day was (and I won’t name that day, lest I end up with an expiration date stamped on my forehead) that if a book featured cowboys and Indians, it was a WESTERN. Unless said cowboy fell in love with a beautiful Indian princess, then we had a LOVE STORY. Then a...
by Jinx Schwartz | Jul 27, 2013 | Writing
Hetta’s back! After being MIA for far too long, Hetta Coffey has resurfaced in the Sea of Cortez, and it doesn’t take her long to find trouble. I spent last winter afloat in the Sea, breathing life back into Hetta. I had Just the Pits (at the time...
by Jinx Schwartz | May 21, 2012 | Writing
So, I live on a boat several months out of the year. Preferably at anchor. Lots of time to write, right? Wrong. Conception Bay, Baja California, Sur, is where we spent this winter. At anchor. With sketchy Internet, no electricity or running water on shore, and 25...