Category: My Writing Life

Comment at the Apex blog here! (It’s the #3 part–I swiped this from the blog. 😉  ) Win authentic Harlan County warez! Win a piece of Harlan County! This doesn’t mean we’re giving away Miss Harlan County, Mari Adkins (or her enthusiastic suggestion of coal mine slurry water). No, we’re talking about actual Harlan County…

Fellow Dame, Karen Mahoney,and I have chatted about how hard it is to blog while on submission.   It’s difficult to decide what to write here.  You want to be honest about the process for those new writers just starting out–don’t want them going in with high expectations, but the truth is THEY WILL ANYWAY. I knew this…

I am LOVING True Blood. That is all.

Sorry for the sporadic blogging of late. Have some personal struggles going on that take a lot of my attention.  In writing news, I did have a fun announcement. I actually linked and announced it at The Deadline Dames last week, but I like the cover enough to post it again. <g>  I have a…

I grew up on John Hughes’ films and introduced my kids to them.  My family still watches Home Alone every single Christmas. I own Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Weird Science and so, so many others.  This has been a hard summer–feels like I’m losing one childhood icon after another. The movie kiss that rocked…

Wednesday, I’m posting at the Deadline Dames and sharing a cool announcement.  Come say hi!

Here’s a breakdown of another crazy week of accomplishment. 😉 I picked up contract work late Tuesday and worked through an entire section until I was done–somewhere around ten Tuesday night.  Then, I grabbed the short story Rachel had critiqued–the one due Saturday— and realized that every time I picked it up, I cringed.  This had…

When I was two or three, my favorite song was Busy Bee.  It’s a silly, silly song that makes me cringe now, but I was apparently into alliteration early. Or busyness. Nothing feels better than a period of solid accomplishment.  I not only picked up some of my old contract work last week–which I completed–I…

I had to take the day off to finish up a couple of writing projects and try to catch up the house a little.  The kids have helped a LOT, keeping things picked up.  They are great!  But some of the deep down stuff needs to be done and all I’ve been able to do…

I had started to believe a similar sentiment over the last few months.  Truth is, we had so much going on, it was hard to focus.  The ideas were still coming, but putting them into a cohesive pattern turned into a chore.  The family is dealing with a bit much. Most of it is personal–not…