Are you an adulterer when it comes to creativity? I am. Here’s a brief list of some of the creative arenas I sometimes dabble in (dabble being the key word): knitting, stitching, painting, art journaling, collage, weaving, mosaic. Okay, nix on the mosaic. Somewhere in this house I have a bunch of ceramic shards but […]
Yeah, the title has nothing to do with the content of this post, but everything to do with how I’m feeling. It is a perfect spring day in Oregon and here are some of the great links I’ve read this past week, or maybe a little longer. Writing Your hero embodies the theme. Fiction triggers-where […]
So, yeah, Happy Easter, if you celebrate. (And as I mentioned in my last post, even the non-religious types among us can surely celebrate Easter as the coming of spring. AmIright?) It’s a busy weekend for many and here’s what’s going on around here: What I’m fussing about: Apostrophes, freaking apostrophes. The overuse of them […]
Why I look odd: It is full-on spring here, a few days early, and I’ve got the allergies to prove it–my eyes are all pink and itchy. Fifteen years ago, I got really sick with a horrible, unidentified virus that resulted in hives, and ever since then I struggle with over-active histamines. This year even my […]
Back in my early writing days, genre was a dirty word. “Oh, she writes genre romances,” someone would sniff. Or, “Well, you know, it’s just a genre mystery.” My, how things have changed. Though not everyone apparently approves or even wants to admit it, the lines between genres (or more to the point, between genre […]
No snappy titles today, but I’ve got lots of great writing links for you. So let’s get right to it. Are you trying to ride the news cycle with your current novel? Might not be the best idea. I gotta admit, sometimes I wonder about this: is writing fiction a worthy endeavor? What is your […]
How about that title? Clever, huh? Marching into spring…and it’s March this week….I know, you are way ahead of me, you got it on first read. Anyway. It truly is spring here, with daffodils and crocus and daphne popping out all over, along with my favorites, the pink plum trees. We’ve had some lovely warm […]
Happy leap day! Are you leaping about, as I’ve seen so many people doing on Instagram? (We humans are nothing if not predictable.) Or perhaps you are still recovering from the looooong Academy Awards show last night? I’m actually doing neither. Instead I’m sitting by the TV set, which is tuned to Doc McStuffins, with […]
Did I just use the word “hack” in the title? I did. Those of us who have been around for a long time remember when “hack” was a word thrown at writers who had sold out, who wrote crap for money. But now it is more often used (some would say overused) as a synonym […]
There’s a lot going on, so let’s get right to it. What I’m Happy About: I finished the rewrite! Woot! I submitted it to my agent and she will soon submit it to an editor who is interested. Think good thoughts for me, please. What I’m Reading: A little of this, a little of that. […]
