Writing the hard book
Sixteen years ago, my best friend committed suicide. She hung herself in her mother’s garage. It was many years before I could speak it out loud without having a panic attack. May 29, 1995. Memorial Day in fact. Although I […]
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The Last Day of 2011
I like the sound of 2012. 12 is a multiple of 3 and 3 is my favorite number just because it’s so neat and independent. A tripod- solid but with a little possible sway in its makeup. Potentially unpredictable if […]
The Comfort in Books
So my life has taken a turn recently. My husband and I have decided to divorce after 16 years together. He is moving out January 1st. It is as amicable as we can make it but of course we are […]
The Legend of Ugly Ghost
My son drew and wrote this comic when he was 4 or 5. I find it tragic and beautiful like all the best stories. Also it makes me laugh.
Apologies
Sorry I haven’t been blogging much lately. It’s a combination of trying to revise a book (Briny Deep), trying to finish a new one (Inkers) and real life rearing its scary head and biting me on the butt. I find […]
Haunted Halloween 2011
A Life Bound By Books is running this awesome event all through October where they asked a bunch of YA writers to contribute a real-life spooky story. They’re giving away a ton of signed books and swag every day, including […]
Not so rosy Part 2- The Agent search(again)
Continuing the not-so-rosy-literary-life postings… Forgive me while I lay my head upon my arms and weep for a moment. A month ago, my beloved agent (yes, truly he is beloved) informed me that he was closing up shop. My first […]
Not always rosy…
So let me preface this by saying I am not going to complain (exactly) but these next two posts are going to be about the less golden aspects of writing for a living. (This one is about having my first […]
Hurray (for epidermal thickening)!
So lately I’ve noticed that I have evolved a little. At least in regards to my book review sensibilities. I still maintain that I had to feel all those devastated emotions brought about by bad reviews to get to where […]
Open Windows
You know that saying about how when a door closes, a window opens somewhere else? That’s what I’m trying to think about right now. *thinks hard* (OK, well apparently I still need to work on that). In other news my […]