Dear friends, What a weekend! I can honestly say that I am literally thrilled that we all survived it. My daughter had more seizures (we’re hitting the neurologist tomorrow), my husband rolled his four wheeler and is all right (he managed to push it away from his head, and then it rolled a dozen times down the hill without him), a little … Read More
Take A Hammer To That Writer’s Block
Man, I have been suffering. Suffering! I can’t concentrate; I can’t focus. I can’t write a darn thing. I had a beautiful first line to a story and then…nada. Too much pressure, perhaps? High expectations? I’m not sure, but it’s a miserable thing. Generally I give myself a little break and the world opens up for me again. But this … Read More
WIP Thursday. Just ‘cuz.
I feel like I’m buried under projects, and I need to dig myself out before NaNoWriMo. This morning I came to the conclusion that I’m going to have to let some things go. There are a couple of anthology deadlines that I’m just going to miss, and that’s okay. I’m trying to prioritize, and it’s interesting how things are shaking … Read More
Hey, Baby. Let’s Write A Novel Together.
I’m talking about NaNoWriMo, which is National Novel Writing Month to the uninitiated. The basic concept is that you write a 50,000 world novel in the month of November. Yes, that’s 50k in 30 days. Yes, there’s a great big American holiday in the middle of it. Yes, that’s a lot of words. 1,667 a day, to be exact. Rock … Read More
Score A Partial Request! Closes In 24 Hours.
So I love Twitter. Looooove it! Not only can you connect with people that you’d never run across otherwise (one individual and I have an entire conversation going on using only Meat Loaf lyrics!) but the information flies fast and it flies freely. I just found this. Send in the first 250 words of your completed novel, agree to critique … Read More
Farewell, Strawberries
I have been buuuuusy the last few days! Slushing, trying to track down old contracts, and–oh yes–installing our in-ground trampoline. Is it fabulous? It’s fabulous. But it’s also a lot of work. For my husband. My contribution has mostly been, “Oh, it’s lovely, honey! I see that you’re drilling through cement at lightning speed!” and keeping the tiny ones from … Read More
WIP Wednesday. Big Man Ben!
Check it: It’s WIP Wednesday! And I actually realize it before 11:00 at night! I’m getting better at this, methinks. Actually, I’m quite excited because I finished “Big Man Ben” last night, as hoped. Sure, I typed the last few lines literally ten minutes before running out the door, but victory is victory, and I am feeling particularly victorious. … Read More
It’s A Race Against Time…
Today I: cleaned the house, had my computer fixed (YAY!!), followed up on emails, recruited one writer for the mask project, read a ton of slush, took care of my two children, won a copy of Allen K’s Inhuman on Twitter, and almost finished my WIP. Due to that crazy grab bag of wonders called Life, certain sections in this piece … Read More
Pitching For The Terrified. The Actual Pitch
So I told you how I bumbled into the opportunity to pitch to agents at KillerCon. I was extremely fortunate because the first slot that I scored belonged to an editor, Angela James. Her job? She critiqued our pitches so that we weren’t complete goons when we stood in front of the agents. Serendipity, thou art divine. First off, Angela James is … Read More
Me: >:)
I have a twit fic up at Nanoism! Just in time for Punctuation Day! Is there really such a thing as Punctuation Day? Apparently so, because everybody and their dog tweeted to me about it. You can read my not-so-nice tweet here. Today I’m scouting around for fun little projects to work on. I’m giving Big Man Ben a break … Read More