Month: February 2008

So right now I’m trying to work on two books simultaneously.  Making background notes, shuffling story lines and clarifying plots on one while I await my editor’s revision (-ary) notes; and finishing up the first draft of another book. Why […]

I actually managed to track down the tattered copy of “A Book Of Princesses” I so loved as a child. I believe it’s out of print now but there was a whole series: Princesses, Princes, and Magicians being the three I […]

The joy of writing an anti-hero The hero of my book is not a hero. He’s a fairly typical boy and it may be hormones (I hope not!) or bad upbringing or just plain contrariness, but he is frequently peevish […]

This is a blog about dealing with other people’s opinions. You down with OPO? No,me neither, not really, but it’s something that will happen whether you go looking for it or not. I was just speaking about this very topic […]

I have the line above (without the expletive deleted) taped to the wall by my computer. It serves as a reminder to me to aim for succinct sentences that move my story along. Please let me not be the only […]