Did’ja see?

Posted by on Jun 13, 2011 in Books, Random, Writing | 2 comments

  My guest post over at Jeff Bennington‘s The Writing Bomb last week? It’s great blog, he’s got a great book, Reunion, oh, and I guest posted. Petersen’s Take on Character Building. Go check it...

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Why All Writers are Secretly (or not so much) Schizophrenics

Posted by on Jun 2, 2011 in Funny, Random | 26 comments

They’re trying to hide it, with varying levels of success, but, as you suspected, writers are all, in fact, closet schizophrenics. Let’s look at the definition of schizophrenia, from that renowned, infallible bastion of knowledge, Wikipedia: A person diagnosed with schizophrenia may experience hallucinations (most reported are hearing voices), delusions...

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Your Stupid

Posted by on May 27, 2011 in Funny, Random | 5 comments

I finally broke down and bought the shirt I’ve been wanting for years. I’ve refrained for so long because a) I’m cheap and the shirt isn’t b) I’m a mother and, apparently, am supposed to be setting a good example. Now, personally, I think it’s setting a good example to teach your children WHY this is a funny joke and not the...

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Rant Coming On: Writers & Readers

Posted by on May 12, 2011 in Books, Publishing, Random, Writing | 11 comments

I ran across a comment on an agent’s blog the other day, in response to a post about how writers feel when they see bad books getting published. It went something like this: I used to get frustrated and resentful when I didn’t get a bite for my own much better books. But I finally accepted that, the majority of people, all through history, have...

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No, Mom, I’m Not Looking at Internet Porn, or The Perils of Social Media

Posted by on May 5, 2011 in Funny, Random, Short Stories | 7 comments

I do love my social media, don’t get me wrong, but it’s always good to know where the things you love can come back and bite you in the butt, no? So, a lovely friend of mine sent my this message through Facebook the other day: In the nicest most polite way possible, I was on stumbleupon, and apparently, my friends (more importantly, what they...

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I Love This and You’re Very Smart BUT…

Posted by on May 2, 2011 in Editing, Random | 10 comments

This is horrid and what you’ve done here is stupid. Or something like that. Otherwise known as getting revisions back from your editor. I love getting stuff from my editor. Really, I do. I can weather the crushing depression and the ego-killing “ummmm, duh” things she points out in the margins, because, really, what she’s saying is: I...

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