50 new followers= 50 embarrassing admissions
I wouldn’t say precisely that I am on the hunt for new blog followers. I like the ones I have just fine. We are familiar with each other. We are loyal. We enjoy each others companyBUTI do have a new […]
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Introductions
Come in! (*pats couch invitingly*) I’ve been doing the blog for a while now and I’d love to know more about the people who visit/lurk/comment and why you do. I thought it was time for us to get to know […]
The Nay-Sayer and the Second-Guesser
I belonged to a writing group for about 5 years. It was wonderful (and I wrote my first published book there) but writing groups evolve. People come, people go, the focus changes. It started out as fiction and memoir, enjoyed […]
The Let-Down
One of my friends told me shortly after our sons were born that she had looked into his face after a long and arduous labor and had felt nothing. She said it in a very matter-of-fact way, (she had given […]
Voice
I’m not sure exactly why I decided to blog on this subject because I’m not sure I have anything useful to offer.Voice is one of those weird things.Most beginning writers haven’t found theirs yet.I certainly hadn’t until a couple of […]
Twittering
My editor isn’t sure if tweeting has any effect on book sales. What about all the cool YA book blog sites? I ask. Those people are so enthusiastic about YA that they must surely create a buzz? I certainly find […]
The Fellowship of Writers
I hope that when a hopeful young writer approaches me I am, well, approachable. I think I am. And as helpful as I can be too, although since I am only just starting out myself, there’s not a whole lot […]
Waiting
A good friend of mine who is going through some hard times, tweeted me today and said that she “knows changes are coming but it’s the waiting that is hard.”And I thought, YEAH, I get that! Because things move slowly […]
Forging Ahead
I am (rather painfully) getting back to work on my WIP (BRINY DEEP).The final copy edits of ASHES,ASHES have gone back to the publisher. FIERCE is in the capable hands of my agent. My parents have been here for the […]
Books. Shelves. My new Office.
I have never met a writer who does not read voraciously. If you have, I have no desire to hear of it. I have an innate distrust and suspicion of anyone who does not have books in their home. It […]