October 2005

Yep, as writers we all learn to play The Waiting Game. Whether it be query, partial, proposal or manuscript, once we send something out, we set in to wait for an answer. I finished my Young Adult partial and sent it to my agent last week. Now I’m awaiting her thoughts. Of course

Your Halloween Costume Should Be A Flying Monkey What Should You Be For Halloween? What a crack up! LOL! =D HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

(Thanks to Anne for the idea!) In the spirit of Halloween, here’s a spooky ghost story of mine: I must have been four years old when I felt my first experience with something supernatural. I was laying down with my mother. She wanted me to take a nap. I didn’t want to, or

Oh wow, PBW shares her take on scene composition. 1. I open with action or dialogue (or as close to it as is possible.) Yes, yes! I love to open in action, and I love to read books that begin this way too. Just somehow pulls me into the story and characterization easier and more quick

Yet again writing about J.A. Konrath’s blog. (I can’t help it the guy has interesting posts. =)) In this entry he’s laying it on the line about writing scams. Good stuff for any writer to check out on the type of writing opportunities to avoid. What caught my particu

Have you ever wondered who this agent is? How about this one? I’ve wondered. I’ve waited for clues. Of course, I don’t know about every agent in the industry, so how could I possibly guess who these agents are? But it’s odd reading and learning from people who

After reading J.A. Konrath’s recent post of one author’s story of dropping out of college to write a novel and landing a 2 book deal, I thought I’d chat a little about college education and writing. As far as my own education goes, after graduation I finished a vocat

Tagged by Anne (Thanks, Anne!): Rules: 1. Take first five novels from your bookshelf.2. Book 1 — first sentence.3. Book 2 — last sentence on page 50.4. Book 3 — second sentence on page 100.5. Book 4 — next to the last sentence on page 150.6. Book 5 — fina

More talk of the Author Photo, this time at RTB by Brenda Coulter. One point she made hit home when I attended the latest RWA conference in Reno, expecting to see authors to look as their website photos portray them. Sometimes the pictures are just hopelessly outdated (I’m not r

Blogroll –> If you notice, on the left sidebar, I’ve changed my Blogroll–Blogmania to be exact–to Blogrolling. I tried Bloglines blogroll but it didn’t have the cool updated notifications on the sidebar like Blogrolling does. Isn’t it cool how it sh