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And the WINNER IS…
Thank you for commenting…as you see your helpful and encouraging comments did absolutely nothing at all for my NaNo progress 🙂 I stalled at around 11k…BUT I anticipate rounding up a few friends and colleagues who didn’t finish to do a JanNoWriMo. Watch this space for that! Anyway, without further ado… Random.org kicked up number 9, which means that Echo FM has won the signed copy of […]
The November I’m-not-really-avoiding-NaNo blog post
Grrr. Yes, I’m doing NaNo, and yes, I’m kind of failing so far. 10666 words. But I’m hoping to catch up soon. Maybe this weekend. I may have to turn of the internets to achieve that of course; I’m just too easy to distract. But the bright side of November is that I’m giving away a signed copy of the lovely Tara Fuller’s INBETWEEN, which […]
August is the Month!
I’m finishing my WIP, and as I have previously mentioned, I CANNOT stop tinkering with it! So in order to give myself a real, live, don’t-miss-it-or-else-deadline, I have signed up for… Â …which I’m insanely excited about. I had no idea that NaNoWriMo ran any other month than November, but Rachel from my writing group mentioned last night that they also run it in June and […]
Interning FTW!
I know I haven’t mentioned this, but for the past few months or so I have been interning with Entangled Publishing. Well, considering my last blog post was in January, you had to have figured I’d have been up to something, right? When EP’s Managing Editor, Heather Howland, put out a call on Twitter for interns to read the manuscripts she requests, I leaped at […]
E Book Extravaganza!
So it’s been a while, but all I’ve been doing is reading and writing. No arithmetic, however: I would never dare do math in public—it would not be a pretty sight. The reading and writing I’m more than happy to do in public, and regularly do. But with little to surprise and delight you, I have not blogged since November. Hands up if you’re surprised. […]
A shocking case of amnesia (or how I forgot to award prizes)
I’m a blog-offender of terrifying proportions. I had a contest with spanky prizes, and wouldn’t you know, I forgot to give them away. I’m bad. I know. Anyway, random.org, told me that Jeff was the winner! Jeff, sounds like you may have scored some holiday gifts for the women in your life! I will email you at the yahoo address on your blogger profile for […]
Those dastardly new plot points…
So there I was, innocently editing my lovely book, when I had a thought: what if *insert character* knew about all these shenanigans already? What if she kind of set them all in motion without the MC realizing? Holy COW, what a great idea…one that would lend an extra layer to the story. Cool right? Hmmm. My brain flicked through scenes like a rolodex and […]
Writerly Accoutrements
And no, I’m not talking about chocolate or wine. Both of those help, don’t get me wrong, but I’m speaking of things that get me over, or through, writer’s block and Blank Page Rage (BPR). (Yeah, you know you’ve had it). Here are my tricks… There are two free podcasts that I download and listen to when I’m walking the dog, or running errands. The […]
DFW Writers’ Conference
This past February, I took the uncharacteristically brave decision to attend my first writers’ conference. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been to a lot of conferences, and I’ve never been scared of attending any one of them. Mainly because, I suppose, that while I was at those conferences, I was there as the resident expert; sometimes I presented, or was on a panel, and sometimes […]