Wednesday vlog on Thursday
My Fictionista vlog went up yesterday – if you missed it, enjoy: This 3 minute video took me two days to finish because Windows Moviemaker is THE DEVIL. I should also mention I have...
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Programming Note
Use sun screen! I say that because I had a squamous cell skin cancer (the good kind) taken off one of the fingers of my left hand yesterday and it hurts like a wild...
Wednesday is Fictionista Day
I’ve been making vlogs with four lovely and talented authors for five weeks. Someone explain to me why I haven’t been posting them here! You can find the series on You Tube, look for...
Writing Rituals
This week the Fictionistas were supposed to be talking about the music we listen to while we write. I’ve already stated that unless it’s the soothing thrum of a jackhammer or the delicate polytonal...
It’s actually still a terrible word
My gang, The Fictionistas, are talking about editing fails this week – what trips us up, words we are (for some reason) in love with, things we can be counted on to get wrong....
The Demon Door Cover Reveal Day! Plus bonus secret knowledge!
I was going to get all misty-eyed and fancy about the work that went into this book, but let’s save that for my acceptance speech. (I see you, People’s Choice Awards.) Here is...
Actually, it’s my favorite word
Rather than actually writing the unfinished chapters in the second book in my series, I am in fact poring over words and revising and editing what’s already there. I’ve been alerted to the fact (thank...
It’s All Happening at the Zoo
As I’ve said, I live across the street from The National Zoo, and since yesterday the weather went from ‘frozen god-forsaken hell-scape’ to ‘April’, we decided it would be nice to get out of...
My New Plan
I was all ready to go. I had a plan starting to form, the plan where I was going to self publish. Other people have done it to great success, after all. My plan...
Let me tell you about my book, now with more title!
Update! A couple of things. First, I have to thank my editor Debra Ginsberg, who gave me some rock solid advice and made this a better book. Also, I apologize to Debra for the...