{ 3 } Three days until SHRILUGH comes out! To help tide you over until then, here is a snippet from Part One of the book. How did I choose this snippet? Why, because it has the word ‘three’ in it, of course. This bit of the story is told from Brig Cooper’s perspective. He’s … Continue reading »
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MAKING IT HAPPEN: Time, it doth fly. Fo’ reals.
I used to think that summertime went by faster than any of the other seasons. Now I know for sure it does. It feels like yesterday that I was getting ready to give birth to Little Miss Took. Now she’s going on four months old. Where the heck does the time go? (By the way, … Continue reading »
Twice Lucky
Last week, the fabulous Tameri Etherton tagged me in a little game us writers like to pass around called Lucky Seven. Really, it’s just a medium we use to goad each other into sharing snippets of what we’re currently working on. Writers (maybe it’s just me, but I’m inclined to think it’s a community disposition) … Continue reading »
MAKING IT HAPPEN: Ridonky
As I’ve said before, the weekend is really the start of my work-week. I get most of my writing – and the chore of blogging – done Friday through Monday. Here’s what happened. Friday: Pinched a nerve in my back. RIDONKY. Saturday: Started editing the second book in the series I’m working on. RIDONKY. Thought … Continue reading »
MAKING IT HAPPEN: Burnout
I went into last week burnt out. So I took the week off. It was lovely. Want to know what I did? I held my baby. A lot. I played with my kids. A lot. I smoked a cigar with the Hubster under the stars. The conversation was stellar. I took a couple naps. I went … Continue reading »
MAKING IT HAPPEN: The DARLINGS are back…
And they’ve sneaked themselves into my cover art. *heavy sigh* One thing I’ve been working on learning over the course of this last year is identifying, and then in cold-blood, killing my ‘darlings’. For those of you who aren’t writers and don’t get the lingo, this just means cutting out stuff in the manuscript that … Continue reading »
MAKING IT HAPPEN: Change’s a’comin’, and Aydan’s underwear drawer
Heading into a new week, for me, always starts on Saturday. Saturday feels like my Monday – the Hubster is home, which allows me to work. During the week that doesn’t happen much – at least not writing, anyway. Between homeschooling the boys (which has claimed my laptop most of the time), playing with SweetZ, … Continue reading »
MAKING IT HAPPEN
Last week I finished up the revisions I started *gulp* a year ago on my book. Revisions I embarked on after receiving a very nicely worded rejection from an agent. A very nicely worded rejection that totally knocked my feet out from under me. A very nicely worded rejection that had me re-writing the … Continue reading »
GUEST POST: Thomas Shafer (aka, the Hubster)
My Hubster is one all-around-very-cool-super-handsome-awfully-sweet-terribly-smart guy. When I told him I was lining up guest posts to help me cover the blog during the first few months of Little Miss Took’s life, he quickly piped up, saying, “I can help you with that!” And so, my partner in crime has become my partner in blogging. … Continue reading »
GUEST POST: Patricia Sands
Today I’m tickled pink to introduce you to a sweet writerly friend of mine, Patricia Sands. Patricia is the author of THE BRIDGE CLUB, a finalist for ForeWord Review’s Book of the Year. How cool is that? Anybody who knows writers, knows we spend a good deal of time in our heads daydreaming, ahem, working. Sometimes our … Continue reading »
