I… went sailing over a meadow on a zip line spent two and a half hours standing in the rain while trying to tarp everything down taught people how to make Wint-o-Mints spark in the dark scared little girls with classic urban legends just spent four days at camp with 14 angsty teenage girls am sunburned and still smell like … Read More
I’m Obsessed.
I’m obsessed with a lot of things. Challenges. David Bowie. High heels. Junior Mints. Keeping a high submissions count. But now there’s something new thrown into the mix. The Wii. Oh, I know. I rolled my eyes at the Wii for years because it looks too simplistic. I’m into Playstation 2 RPGs! I’ll flip a game over and do a … Read More
Go Tell It On The Mountain…to Strangers!
So I’m pretty excited bout that partial request. I feel like dreams are being realized. But who do you tell your good news to? My husband is really supportive, even though he doesn’t like a lot of my work. He doesn’t like darkness or despair in any form, and he doesn’t care for the “black” in my black humor. He … Read More
A Nibble. And Living Forever.
So I received a reply to my query letter yesterday. It was all, “Thank you for sending your query…” and I was ready to hit the delete key with practiced finesse when something about it caught my eye. I read the thing a little more carefully. A partial? She wanted to see a partial? Really?! And I was happy. I’m … Read More
Outshine
I was so yippee-ki-yay about my Tweet the Meat going up yesterday that I failed to notice that my optimistic twitter-story went up on @outshine as well. Check it out if you have a chance. I rather like it.
Ten (Belated) Things About Me.
So a few months ago Jameson T. Caine tagged me in a meme where you shared ten true things about yourself. I love to read memes like that, but I put this on the back burner and forgot about it. Today’s the day! Ten True Things About Me 1. I started seriously submitting stories in March of 2008. I still have absolutely no … Read More
Tweet the Meat: Dad theme
My tweet went up tonight. You can check it out here. I love reading these! UPDATE: Cate’s absolutely right, and you can’t open the second one up from there. Here’s another link. http://twitter.com/tweetthemeat
I’m Only Ten Years Old
I had just poured myself a glass of Coke Zero, booted up my computer, and flexed my hands over the keyboard. Could I recapture last night’s magic? Could I finish this story tonight? It’s been a busy day full of family and a comedy of errors. Could I put all of that aside? Then the phone rang, and it was … Read More
Magic
You know that delicious feeling when everything in the cosmos has come together? You read/watched/thought of something that catches your fancy, and suddenly the planets align in such a way that you slide easily into that writing groove? It’s an out of body experience. It’s magic. I’m listening to Sufjan Stevens’ “Greetings from Michigan-The Great Lakes State” album, my son … Read More
Hello, I Belong to a Secret Organization…Eventually?
I wish that I was painting our kitchen table black right now, but I’m not. I’m home alone with the kids and I just know that there will be black paint fingerprints everywhere unless I have somebody else to run interference. So I’ll bounce to the second thing on my list…SFWA and HWA. I’m looking into joining either the Science … Read More