Category: My Writing Life

I missed another Monday poetry train.  With the job and conference, I’ve been slammed.  I did manage to finish reading Rachel’s fantastic second book in her werecat series and I can tell you all, you’re in for a treat.  Good emotional stuff in this one.  She even had me bouncing in my chair through a good…

I haven’t been to an RWA conference in eight years and that one was my first.  I’m used to smaller, regional conferences and usually prefer those–but I’m excited.  Nervous and excited.  I’m rooming with a couple of great writers and expect the drive down together will be so full of discussion we’ll arrive already exhausted….

I do apologize to my faithful readers.  I’ve been thinking about the blog but unfortunately, my world has shrunk lately and I’m having a bit of difficulty adjusting.  I’m no longer writing full time–I took on a job to help out with things here.  It’s a dream of a job since I can still do…

The Spice Girls reunion, I give you Baby Spices. Since none of these girls now look like this–therefore it’s safe to post–that is my daughter as Baby Spice on the far right.  I’m not sure why she had on my shoes.  Aren’t they precious? Of course, I’m now in danger of being beaten by a group of…

The query is done and the synopsis is written and off to my CP for a last minute scan.  And wouldn’t you know it, but this uh, tweaker, found a couple of small inconsistencies while writing the synopsis.  Small things that any savvy reader would have picked up in a second. There is so much room…

Some of those who have followed this blog from the beginning know this is a big day for me.  At one time, I was completing two or three manuscripts a year.  Then something happened and I lost my nerve somewhere.  A bad illness, having manuscripts sit on editor’s desks for up to two years, a family business…

I’m a member of Stumble Upon. I don’t use it for networking or chatting because I have this blog for that sort of thing. Have Myspace, too, but yeah, that place still kind of gets on my nerves. For some reason, 14 year-old boys hit me up for friendship daily. Lots of them.  Not sure…

Rhian tagged me and gave me a such a smile with her compliments. I’ve had a rough writing day, so it was very welcome.  The tag?  Recycle a Post. The rules for the meme are simple: go through your archives and pick out a post that you want to share again. Don’t just link to it, reproduce…

I caught part of a show called Wide Awake last night.  Actually, it was a documentary about a man’s experience with insomnia.  The part I caught hit home, however.  I’d like to see the entire thing. I go through pretty serious bouts with insomnia.  Usually when I have difficult things on my mind or I…

Wow, there are, uh, other kinds of urban fantasy out there.  I knew that.  Of course I did.  However, I did not mean to make everyone think they were headed over to my CP’s site and instead end up in someone else’s idea of urban fantasy.  So sowwy.  But…. ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!  The news, for those who,…