In addition to books (reading and writing), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and a really good cheese, one of the things I really enjoy is baking. Cooking is fine – I can cook, if you tell me what you want to eat and hand me a recipe. It’s theoretically possible that I could find a recipe […]
A week after I posted my 2014 wrap-up, I thought maybe it was time to share my goals for 2015. I do this partially because when I went to see if I hit my 2014 goals, I realized I never wrote them down. (I rewrote an entire MS, wrote and polished a second, drafted a […]
Last week, I found myself completely stuck on a scene I needed to add to my work in progress. In order to distract myself, I sent out a tweet, suggesting we write the scene by committee. And, here’s what I got from the Amazing Twitterverse (mixed up a bit): Why? Because sometimes, when you’re […]
The past 365 days have absolutely flown by, in large part due to some really amazing things that happened. When January 2013 arrived, I was alone in my publishing journey, with no one but my very closest friends having any idea I’d decided to write a book. I’d never heard of QueryTracker or Critique Partners. […]
I never intended for this to be solely a writing blog, and one of my goals for 2015 is to blog more things of interest to non-writers, too. Last week, in a fit of exhaustion, I created a blog that was nothing but pictures of my kitties – and it got more views/comment than most […]
I’m afraid I didn’t have time to write a blog post today, so here are some pictures of my cats. Everyone loves cat pictures, right? When we first got them, kitties were scared of the new house. All our friends said, “We need pictures!!!” They didn’t believe I couldn’t get a decent shot. So, here’s […]
November was a crazy month. I bought a house, finished edits on a MS, sent it to my agent, prayed she wouldn’t hate it, finished a first draft of something new, cheered my friends and CPs on during PitchWars, moved, worked about 75 hours a week, discovered Gilmore Girls on Netflix, negotiated concessions and contracts, […]
I realize that Thanksgiving isn’t until tomorrow, but at some point I started posting every Monday and Wednesday, and I might as well just go with it. Besides, I think it’s important to stop and reflect on the good things in life more than just once a year. Give recognition and thanks whenever you can. […]
No, this post isn’t about writing. It’s okay, you can read it anyway. As you may or may not be aware (but should be), there is an election coming up tomorrow. No, it’s not a Presidential election. No, that doesn’t mean it’s not important. If you are over the age of 18, eligible to vote […]