It’s happened more times than I can count. The doorbell rings, I open the door, and somebody stands there with their mouth open, their gaze hovering somewhere half a foot above my head. “I’m wearing my bunny ears, aren’t I?” I ask. They nod. I shake my head, sign for the package or whatever, and leave them to wander back … Read More
How Deep It Goes
There was a point in college where I was working five jobs in order to hold everything together. One of them was cleaning the buildings at night. I remember being the only person in one of the buildings, sweeping up and singing this song at the top of my lungs. Welcome to my childhood, everybody. 🙂
Winkin, Blinken, and Nod: The Baby Update
I’m telling you what this post is about in clear, bold letters so you can choose whether or not you wish to read it. There’s some difficult news, but as always, there’s a thread of hope in there as well. Most of you know that I was surprised and delighted to find out that we were expecting a baby. YAY! … Read More
15 Minutes To Sanity: How I Balance Housework And Writing
When my house is dirty, I go bonkers. This is my workspace. This is my play place. How am I supposed to write about assassins, angels, demons, and sarcastic vampires when there’s a spider web in the corner? A train set in the dryer? Toast crumbs ground into the carpet? I’ve learned to intertwine cleaning and writing. They go hand in hand … Read More
Gah, Curse You, Internet!
The Internet has betrayed me. It crashes at the most inopportune times. For some reason, my phone also goes down with the Internet, leaving me with a feeling of abject isolation in the middle of the city. It’s a fairly lovely feeling sometimes, but not when I’m waiting for a response from my agent. Or asking how a sick friend … Read More
Ten Word Tuesday: Shoes Hair Nails by Deborah Batterman
A thoughtful, evocative collection demonstrating the bittersweet strength of women. I wrote a more in-depth review here.
Fail Spectacularly
It’s been a rough couple of weeks, but I’ve learned something new about myself. Something that will help me in my personal life, and something that will help me in my career. I have discovered that I’m not afraid to fail spectacularly. Oh, failure used to be my number one fear. I spent so many years not daring to write … Read More
I Did It!
And I’m very happy with it. This is a pic of a nice, smooth, mod bob, but today it’s all punked out. Rock on.
Five Important Lessons I Learned By Reading Slush
1. If your cover letter is bizarre/arrogant/horrifyingly uninformed, you’re sabotaging yourself. I make a special point to read the submissions blind because too many writers shoot themselves in the foot. (More on that in a later post.) 2. Well, whaddya know, this business really is subjective! And we thought that was just a brush-off line. It’s true, though. Perhaps I … Read More
Why Am I Thinking Of The Rolling Stones?
At a time when my heart is breaking? We were calling the triplets Winkin, Blinken, and Nod, but discovered today that Nod passed away about two weeks ago. It’s funny how you can become so attached to somebody that you haven’t met, but that’s the way of it. While I mourn for the child that we almost had, we’re still … Read More