Having fun
I took a short break from editing Golden Heart entries today to let Bethany and Cody out to play. Their conversation took a turn (for the better or worse?) to that age-old question
No turning back
I registered for the Golden Heart the other day … with two manuscripts. Yes, I think I might be nuts — or at least I’ll be driving myself nuts soon as I to finish edi
Queen of multitasking?
One of my heroines boasts to the hero, “I’m good at multitasking.” Of course, it turns out she’s not. Neither am I. I think that’s the reason I haven&
Getting ready
NaNoWriMo is just around the corner, and I’m all in. In 2009, I participated for the first time. My goal was to finish a novel I’d already started, “
Too many characters
With all the re-reading of my old stuff I’ve been doing, I have way too many characters running around in my head. Suddenly, they’re all jockeying for attention. As a r
Banned Book Week
No writer — or reader, for that matter — should let the American Library Association’s Banned Book Week pass without note, so here goes. Censorship has always angered me.
Stories I’ve known
My friend Pat and I had a nice chat today. I made it to her place at around 11 a.m. and didn’t leave until close to 2 p.m. — and then only because I had to get ready for wo
On a roll?
After last night’s good news on my contest final, I got more excellent news this afternoon. One of my writer friends had asked to read “Beauty and the Ballplayer.”
Giddy with excitement
What do you do when you get great news at 11 p.m., when everyone who cares is sound asleep? I have to share it with someone … I already tried texting the Boyfriend, with no r
Doing the wrong things?
I’ve been so busy writing on Beth and Cody’s story and thinking of a new title for Bree and Mike’s that I haven’t done any editing on my Golden Heart entrie