First drafts can be fun!

by | Nov 9, 2010 | Blog, Nanowrimo

I did warn you all that I’d disappear when November arrived, right? Well NaNoWriMo has been engrossing, exciting and exhausting. And for the first time ever, I’ve actually completed the 50K challenge while it’s still November. Yes, it is only the...

Three days left until Nanowrimo take over

by | Oct 29, 2010 | Blog, Nanowrimo

In three more days it’ll be November, and if you’re a writer, you probably know what that means: NaNoWriMo, also known as National Novel Writing Month. (Never heard of it before? Go to NaNoWrimo.org to learn more) I know, like I need to start another story...

Politics, writing, and my life

by | Oct 18, 2010 | Blog, randomness

Can I say that I’m a complete and utter blogging slacker? On the other hand, I’ve had some interesting things going on. My husband is running for county auditor, and he’s been sick for the past week–thankfully he’s finally starting to...

October writing challenge

by | Oct 2, 2010 | Blog, writing goals

It’s October, time once again for Tristi’s Quarterly Writing Challenge. She tells us we must post our goals on our blogs, so here they are: I know my August goal was to finish writing SAB—but I didn’t. So that’s on my to-do list. To get...

Is Your Bottle Full?

by | Sep 25, 2010 | Blog, randomness

I recently started a nearly full-time job, which has my schedule all mixed up and robbed lots of my free time, so my blogging may continue to be less regular than it once was, and I apologize about that. I’m just trying to keep my golf balls all where they...

Book review: Gregg Luke’s “Blink of an Eye”

by | Sep 21, 2010 | Blog, book review

I first became acquainted with Gregg’s work last winter when I read his Whitney Award finalist book, Altered State (check out my review here). He’s a talented writer with a gift for details, description, great plots, likable characters…I could go on...

Proofreading

by | Aug 17, 2010 | Blog, writing hints

I know, it’ only funny because it’s true. I used to work at a newspaper, and they would post signs in the bathroom reminding us about meetings and such. The signs often had misspellings and homonym problems. And as the copy editors often had pens on them...

Reaching July’s goals!

by | Jul 30, 2010 | Blog, writing goals

I know I’ve been a complete blogging slacker this month. I’m going to blame my laptop being in for repairs for the past few weeks for part of my slackerliness because using my husband’s computer is a major pain (and I can’t always get it...