Why today of all days?
My cell phone doesn’t get that many calls. Aside from calls from the Boyfriend, and occasional calls from the roommate, it mostly remains silent. That’s fine 364 days o
Too nice?
I’m afflicted — cursed, if you will — with being that most heinous of attributes: Nice. Too nice. Some people — normal people — might think nice is a good thing. And
In defense of the e-reader
In my other life (my day job), I’m a page designer and sometimes writer. I used to write a weekly column called “Adventures in Cooking,” which eventually became t
Back with my WWF goals
The big day’s finally here: The start of the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood Winter Writing Festival. It crept up on me so quickly that I didn’t have as much time as I’
It’s almost here!
Golden Heart finalist calls will come out in less than three months. But that’s not the “it” I’m talking about (yet). It’s almost time for the annual
The power of persistence
Had you asked me last week whether I was going to win NaNoWriMo this year, I’d have laughed — most likely right in your face. With two entries for the 2012 Golden Heart com
A writer’s Thanksgiving
With today being a time to give thanks, I thought it’d be fun to reflect on some of the things I’m thankful for in my writing life this year. My Golden Heart final. H
Gearing up for NaNoWriMo
I’m pretty sure pre-planning was the reason I powered through 53,000 words in 30 days in 2010. So as much as I hate to sit down and “plot,” I spent part of the we
Hard truth
What do you do when one trusted friend tells you to scrap the first chapter of one of the stories you plan on entering in the 2012 GH? If it’s a chapter you love, chock-full
Featured in ‘Media Monday’
When opportunity knocks, you listen. So when an encounter through the day job led to a chance to be profiled on a Phoenix PR firm’s website, I seized the opportunity. I was i