Aren’t these great?? I’ve been researching the labrys– the double-headed ax. It was the weapon of choice for women of Crete. It has to do with my character and her past, destiny… all that jazz. There is a scene where things fall into place with her and yeah, it has a little to do with…
Category: My Writing Life
Feeling Random…
I had a great writing day. Finally got to a point where I can start submitting to my critique group again. I’m going over the next chapter one more time tonight, then polishing up the next. Woohoo! So, to celebrate, I’m sharing nothing but randomness. Wonderful, strange and funny randomness. First of all– I’m…
Snowy Haven
I’ve lived in different states all over the United States. North Carolina, Virginia, Missouri, Idaho, Arizona and Oklahoma. I have to say Oklahoma has the strangest weather. Yesterday morning, we could wear shorts and by afternoon, I had on two pairs of socks, a turtleneck and sweater and yeah, I even carried around a blankie. …
Rinda Moments
This is my favorite work of Maxfield Parrish. The first time I saw it was on a card my sister Kim gave me– for no particular reason. She saw it and said it reminded her of me. I put that card up all over the place and somewhere in the many, many moves over the years, it disappeared. …
Christmas Tag Play
Okay, I don’t usually do these tag things, but Rachel tagged me and well, I like her enough to play. <g> But first, did any locals hear my name on the news last night? I also don’t usually respond to the local Rant on channel four because I don’t usually agree with the opinions of most locals, but I…
On Writing Crap
In Freaking Love with this artist’s work. Keep an eye on Natalie Shau. Check out her work here. I have several prints on my wishlist to purchase very, very soon. ************* As for me, I’m still alive and banging at this keyboard. I mentioned short, intense bursts before and wow, did they shorten. I…
Grim Trixter
You’ve probably seen this as a banner to the right on this blog. It’s the cover of a book of poetry by Brandy Schwan called Grim Trixter. I posted it to help out the editor of Apex Digest since we developed one of those interesting Internet friendships after we both published in the fourth issue…
Blogging For Connection
Do you bloggers ever pull up your little piece of the Internet and hit a blank? Do you think that maybe you’re just not that interesting and have nothing of importance to say? Do you wonder why strangers out there could possibly be interested in what you cooked for dinner or how you managed your kids’ schedule? I’m…
I’m So Bad
Yeah, a cute puppy from me is weird, but look at him. So, I didn’t hit that extra 2000 words last night. I ended up cooking dinner and afterward got on the phone with writer friends until later than I want to admit. A couple of us are night owls. Man, I had fun, though. …
Run By Posting
Working hard today. I planned to revise the new and much, much better chapter to get to Rachel, but was sidetracked by my own story and wrote around 2000 new words instead. This is a good thing!! 😉 So, since I’m pretty sure I can knock out another 2000, I’m headed back. My right hand is…