A Broken Laptop

I just said how it was softly sunshiny here, and then it promptly started to rain for two days.  The streets are flooded.  So Jeremy, the Illiterati, and the other townsfolk of Sin City, I take full responsibility.  The rain is all my fault. That said, I’m not sorry.  I love the rain.  So haha! Queries.  Queries queries queries.  It’s … Read More

I realize that most of the world is living in a land of ice and snow.  I, however, am not.  Today I took my kids outside and we frolicked around for a little bit.  For once, the sun was kind.  I took a picture of the lavender, which smelled particularly delightful.  I’m sorry to say that my star jasmine has … Read More

So! I pulled that story because I realized that the magazine was requesting crazy rights.  I entered the story in the On The Premises contest  because when I first read the contest theme, I was like, “You know what story would be perfect for that?!”  I received an email saying that it was a top ten finalist, and hooray!  It made … Read More

I have succumbed!  My children graciously passed their monster colds onto me.  So I’m drinking hot chocolate and looking up butterflies.  Ah, but not just any butterfly!  I want the name of a butterfly that would be fluttering around the Ayame flower in Japan…but is not native to that area.  My butterfly ended up there due to typhoon or some … Read More

Last night our friends were playing at the Cheyenne Saloon.  We caught Atlas Takes Aim (Go Billie and Mason!) and were hoping to catch Hello! Astro (Go Ryan!) but we had to bail before they came on.  Our babysitter was only 14, after all, and was nearly asleep by the time we came home smelling of bar and rock music.  … Read More

So I was talking to my friend about query letters, and she suggested that I contact an author from our writers group and pose some of my questions.  He has a thriller series out, he seems genuinely friendly, and I’d spoken to him briefly before, so I decided to follow her advice.  I emailed and asked if he’d mind answering … Read More

Last night’s writer’s group meeting was exactly what  I needed.  Query polished, confidence boosted, all systems go.  This week I’ll send out my RunStarGirl queries.  Hooray!

I find myself defending Facebook, and I’m not really sure why.  I’m not crazy over it myself, although I love having old friends resurface.  I’m taking a brief Facebook hiatus.  It’s leeching my time away, and I don’t have the time to leech.  I need to write. It’s difficult with small kids at home.  I’m trying to find enough focus … Read More

Everybody in my house fell asleep early tonight, so I used that time to write a story.  Miss Muse and I folded our wings and worked together nicely.  The result is titled “The Container of Sorrows”.  It is a soft thing of tragic beauty inspired partly by Mark Ryden’s “Night Visit”.  It uses the words “exquisite” and “supped” and “brokenness”.  I … Read More

Enough of this.  “Write in the same place and your muse will know where to find you.”  Or “Be prepared for your muse to descend upon you with illumination.”  Mmm, not gonna fly.  We all know that I have a set amount of patience, and it has run out.  I’m tracking that muse down, trussing her up, and pulling her … Read More