That the wonderful Pablo featured me a few days ago.  Thanks, Pablo!

Did that title get your attention? I thought it might.   Anything that says "make money" nabs me.  And, it seems that everyone and his or her uncle is currently writing blogs and websites about making money online. There is a lot of great information about making money on the internet available to you. Most of […]

I don’t really, but remember that old movie?  Or was it a musical?  Or just a joke?  I don’t know, I think it was a little before my time, but it is such a great sentence.  And it kinda describes how I feel today.  Or how I felt this morning.  I’m feeling better now, having […]

Wait, what?  It is September 11, isn’t it a day of gloom and doom? Not anymore.  There’s a movement afoot to make this day, the anniversary of one of the worst days in our nation’s history, into something positive. The idea is to focus on the humanitarian outpouring that followed the September 11th attacks, not […]

Nina, the wonderful author of Darwin’s Paradox, and the blog The Alien Next Door, tagged me for a meme, on eight random facts about me. You really sure you want to go there? Well, alright.  If you insist.  Here goes: 1.  I am the proud mother of the largest pug in the world.  I’m not […]

I love when this happens.  Here I’ve been up to my elbows in an assignment all day–all flippin’ day–worrying about neglecting semi-important things like grocery shopping, and really important things like my blog, when in pops this press release into my inbox.  (Are there enough "ins" in that sentence for you?) And now my worries […]

Today, class, we shall talk about dialogue.  More specifically, expositional dialogue.  What’s expositional dialogue, you say?  Well gather round while we discuss it. Even if you don’t know it by the fancy name I used for it, you are no doubt familiar with it.  When you are reading a novel and the characters start telling […]

One of the things I am consistently amazed about is how positive and supportive the blogosphere is.  Over and over again, I meet other bloggers who are willing to go out of their way to help each other.  The best community, as far as I am concerned, is Blog Catalog, but there are plenty of […]

I learned the Da Vinci Device from one of my MFA mentors, Melissa Pritchard. (And let me note here, this was probably long before the dreadful novel The DaVinci Code came out and ruined the name.) The DA Vinci Device forces you to write in the three different styles of description. Take an object or […]

Techniques for Generating Ideas and Ideas for Getting Started Writing Generating Ideas MAKE LISTS: The best way to do this is to do it fast. Number a page from one to ten or twenty and go! Drawing from your own life: 1. Jobs you’ve had 2. Careers 3. Passions 4. Obsessions 5. Quirks 6. Pet […]