[From the Archive] Reading Writers You’re Friends With
As a writer, many of us (unless you are one of those hermit crab writers) end up becoming friends, acquaintances – as well as colleagues with other professional writers. And if you’re like me, and many other writers – you also like to read. Being a (very likely) social and supportive person, you will probably […]
[From the Archive] It’s Okay to Read
Many of us fans and writers have heard other professional writers say, “Oh, I don’t read.” This is usually followed by one of a handful of reasons/excuses. Yeah, that doesn’t fly with me. As writers, I believe we should all take or make the time to read. The most common of the excuses are “I […]
[Conventions] ApolloCon – June 24-26, 2011 – Houston
Edited to add a panel I missed the first time around. Here’s my schedule – hot of the presses last night – for ApolloCon in Houston this weekend: FRIDAY 8:00 pm – Seattle 1 – Not So Happily Ever After – Alexis Glynn Latner (M), Derly Ramirez, Martha Wells, Rhonda Eudaly, Stina Leicht SATURDAY 10:00 […]
[Writer Blog] – Guilty Pleasures
Guilty Pleasures. We all have them. Mine are musicals: SCRUBS: MY MUSICAL, DR. HORRIBLE’S SING-ALONG-BLOG, Man of La Mancha, Forever Plaid, etc. I also love shows that are music intensive without being musicals, like Phineas and Ferb and MegaMind. Most of those I can probably get a “what’s so guilty about THOSE? Those shows ROCK!” […]
Reading Your Friends – on StrangeWords
This week’s StrangeWords article is about reading your friends. It’s fun and nerve-wracking at the same time… And my mother put the thought in my head that maybe I should resign the article work for StrangeWords – I’m the only one keeping that website alive – and moving that commitment to this (yes, my) website. […]
Novel Structure Question
What do you – the reader – prefer? Shorter, more numerous chapters or fewer, longer chapters when reading a book?
What I’m Reading#7 – Robb
While my husband was away for 9 days working at San Diego Comic Con – I admit to derailing a bit in my productivity. Of course, we’re also dealing with a very long stretch of 100 degree + weather… that does a lot to sap energy. But what I did do while he was gone […]
Convention Curses and Updatery
As most people who actually know me now know — I’ve once more been thrust into the Freelance Writer World. That’s upbeat speak for, my “day job” decided I wasn’t the “right fit” for them yesterday. At least this time it was a FULL DAY after I got back from the Most Amazing ApolloCon. But […]