I’ve got so much stuff to do. I should be working on my manuscript, working on my pitch for said manuscript for an upcoming writer’s conference, tackle various freelance design jobs, organize a class I’m teaching at a said writer’s conference, keeping my house at human occupation levels, and oh yeah, I’ve got an 8-5 …
While perusing Reddit the other day I came across a post asking “What is one seemingly inconsequential decision have you made that changed your life?” Many of the responses were along the lines of randomly deciding to be nice to the new kid and thereby making a new best friend for life. Another recounted the …
Back in college I was The Planner Girl. I was that kid with the color coded planner class schedule who had assignments blocked off for when I needed to start, when they needed to be finished, due dates–everything. As an adult, I’m not much different. The only change is the style. Confessions of a Planer …
I’m not very good at making friends. Well, that isn’t exactly true, I am okay at making them–I’m just not very good at keeping them. You see, friendships take work. You have to call people, send thank you cards, bring them meal when they’re sick–you know be a friend. And, since I suck, I hardly …
I’ve read a lot of dark books, but never anything that paints its dark. magical universe as vivid as Stacia Kane’s Unholy Ghosts. It’s kind of thriller-ish in that it has you on the edge of your seat freaking out most of the time. Kane takes the ideas of religion and spins them around in …
I consider myself a pretty social person. That is to say, I’m not awkward in a group setting, and most of the time, I’m downright fun. Until I get around big time authors. Then I’m something of an idiot. The first time I met my now-good-friend Rosemary Clement-Moore I was such a moron. I didn’t …
When I first started on my little publication journey, I was totally lost. Then I met Elana Johnson. I was a little intimidated by her, she was like the super-hot-indie-rocker-lead-singer-girl to my pimple-faced-screaming-in-the-crowd-band-groupie. She didn’t have to spend time chatting with me or teaching me how to write a query, but she did–because she’s a …
It’s time to Announce the Winner of the Autographed Copy of The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore. There were 88 comments in all. Holy moly, that’s whole lotta awesome, guys. Thanks for all the participation. I wish I had more books to give away. Well, I know why you’re reading this post… to find out …
That’s right, I just used a twitter hashtag in the title of my post. Let’s just move past that, shall we? I am going to spend the rest of the week getting my book into shape so I can send it off to beta readers. But, I need two things from you… (What, you thought …
Okay, so all week I’ve been talking about your online author platform and how to make it not suck with some easy steps…. but I am about to burst your bubble. So, prepare yourself. Are you prepared? No… I’ll give you a second. Okay, I’ve said it before and I’m saying it again. Heck every …
Right now I am pretty much the busiest I have ever been. I am working back and forth a little with my agent of awesomeness on my book, my kid is doing the usual thing–dance classes, preschool, playgroups, etc., and oh yeah WE’RE MOVING. We’ve been packing and cleaning out closets, storage bins, etc. It’s …
My good friend Jason A. Myers wordled his book this morning, and because I am spending a lot of time on some editing notes for mine today I thought I’d follow suit. So, without further adue, I give you Sketch! Aw, it looks so cute like that. 🙂 Any gueses as to what the name …
This writing thing’s a tough gig. You write a story–polish it until your eyes go crosseyed, and then query it to fabulous agents that you know can champion your book with the best of them. It’s all very exciting and fun-filled. But, then you wait…. …and you wait…. … and just when you thought you …
A couple of days ago a friend of mine read my book that I am currently querying to agents. She said a lot of things about it, but there were a couple of things that really stuck with me, and I want to talk about them a little here. She mentioned that she thinks YA …
It’s no secret I want to make a lifelong career out of writing books, but I think in this whole crazy day and age writing your story just isn’t enough. I don’t understand why more authors/publishing companies, etc. aren’t trying to build up entire online communities around a series of stories. It wouldn’t be that …
For those of you that don’t know, I am obsessed with twitter. I tweet about random crap all day. It gets me through all the book writing fun. I like meeting new people, and the world of twitter makes me smile. But, I have a book I want published, and I want an agent to …
Okay, I’ve had my book in both past and present tense, and I am STILL not sure which one is the way to go… so I have the first few lines written BOTH ways for your viewing pleasure. <br /> <a href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1676901/” mce_href=”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1676901/”>Should Sketch McGee be written in past or present tense?</a><span style=”font-size:9px;” mce_style=”font-size:9px;”>(<a href=”http://www.polldaddy.com” …
So, I am reading a friend’s book, and she has a love triangle in the plot. What’s the first thing I say to her? Oh be careful with that you don’t want to be a twilight clone. Damn you Meyer! She wrote her triangle in such a pivotal way that the rest of us are …
So, I have been spending a lot of time in the editing process of my super villain book. In short, my main character is a sixteen year old super villain that can alter the future with her drawings, when she’s not busy being a geeky high school student that is. She’s awesome. I love her …
24105 / 65000 words. 37% done! I officially made it past the 20k mark in my book! I feel like that is such a milestone. It’s when the book kind of starts gluing itself together and revealing all it’s juicy secrets to you. You start to fall in love with all the right characters, and …
A friend of mine had an interesting post earlier today about the stories that have influenced her. I started to comment, but then my comment got a little out of hand, so I decided to post it here instead. I read a lot. Hundred books in a year? No problem.Especially now that I can just …