There are those of you who think that I should not speak of things technical, as I am a technology amateur. And yet, my friends, I have seen much of the world whilst going through what I like to think of as “Blog Hell”. And what kind of a person would I be if I didn’t share my knowledge with all of you? I would be no kind of a person at all! And so, critics be damned, I’m going to talk technical. (more…)
It seems to me that the rarest commodity in the world today is not oil or gold or silver. The rarest commodity of all is Time. And the rarest of all Time is time to think. Time to think is rarer than the rarest of gemstones, my friends. But if you are going to be a writer, then you are going to need to cultivate it.
It’s hard to push away the demands of life to clear out some thinking time. It’s especially hard if you have a full-time job, or a full-time family, or both. But it must be done if you want to be a writer. It’s been my observation that writing is 75% thinking and 25% actually putting the words on paper in the right order. It’s probably more like a 90/10 ratio. Plus, whether you want to be a writer or not, thinking time just plain makes you a better person. (more…)
Last Sunday, I returned the art fact sheet for my book to the publisher. This is the information Carina Press will use to come up with a cover, among other things. (Yes, digital books DO have covers, smartypants. In fact, Carina Press covers are beautiful, and I suggest that you go look at them sometime.) (more…)
Today I would like to present an Ode to Coffee. This is an expanded version of original works appearing on my Facebook page. Feel free to borrow and/or set to music. (more…)
If you want to be an English major, you are going to have to read a lot of things you really can’t stand and then write papers about them. And discuss them. And sometimes you’ll have to pretend you like them. And that may scar your psyche.
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I work. I write. I work at working. I work at writing. Sometimes I try to work on both of them in the same day. (more…)
J. K. Rowling has four houses in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Harry Potter, for those of you who have been living under a rock).
I have four cats.
Ahhhh… I see you know where I am going with this. And you would be right! It recently occurred to me that each of my four cats represents a house at Hogwarts. Allow me to elaborate: (more…)
As I mentioned in an earlier post, a few months ago I had a run-in with a rather rude man at a Barnes and Noble. As a result, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the romance genre, about what it is and what it isn’t. What follows are my humble opinions on this subject, for what they are worth. (more…)
As of the writing of this post, what I believe are the final changes for my book, HOLD ME, have been returned to my editor. In celebration, I thought I’d share some relatively amusing behind-the-scenes factoids about HOLD ME in case anyone was even remotely interested. So, here we go: (more…)
As you may, or may not, know, I built this blog using WordPress. This enterprise has been a very character-building experience and has enlightened me in ways I am only beginning to comprehend. I would now like to sum up everything I’ve learned about Wordpress in a single blog post.
You may have noticed that this is not an exceptionally long post. (more…)
A few months ago, I was in my local Barnes and Noble. As I stood, innocently browsing the stacks in the (rather pitiful) Romance section, a man came from the in-store Starbucks, wife/girlfriend in tow. He walked up to me, laughed, and said, sneering, “Romance? Why Romance?”
I promise you that this actually happened. It was a moment. (more…)
Hello, Blogosphere!
*silence*
Hello? Hello! *tap tap* Is this thing on?
*crickets chirping*
Blogosphere! I will NOT be ignored!
*snort* *cough* Huh?
Well, it’s about time. Where have you been? (more…)