Archive for September, 2010
Dear Readers
published on September 30, 2010My plants are dying, and I think they may be reacting to my mood, though my sister says it’s lack of sunlight. But then what does my gardening, green-thumbed sister know? These are my plants after all, not some…
Emotional Arc
published on September 27, 2010Whether you’re writing a literary novel or a plot-driven novel, your characters need to experience some kind of growth or change. This growth – as in real life – rarely happens all of a sudden. Try it and your…
I’m Still Here!
published on September 23, 2010The posts have been sparing this week. BUT I am working hard. Writing and working on some changes to my website. Oh, no. I’m not going to tell you what they are. Just know that the changes are taking…
SYTYCW: Round 5 – Vote for #6!
published on September 21, 2010Bria Quinlan at Luv Ya is running an amazing contest ala So You Think You Can Dance, except this contest has a writing twist. I have made it all the way to Round 5. I’d love to make it…
A Peek at the Future
published on September 20, 2010Certain readers have the ability to crush your ability to type another word. In the past, my sister has been that reader. This is why she didn’t get to read Touched until months after it was complete. See…
Battle of the Betas
published on September 16, 2010
We have a new guinea pig…This week Alicia Gregoire volunteered to have eight writers beta read a single page of her urban fantasy “Phoenix Rising” so readers can…
Quicksand, and Comparing Yourself to Others
published on September 15, 2010Whatever stage you are at in your career, you will at some point fall into the vicious trap of comparing yourself to others. This person got a bigger, better deal. That person got a ton of offers. And that…
Teaser Tuesday
published on September 14, 2010Another snip from my current WIP, Interior of a Heart, a YA literary novel about a girl treated as an outcast in her town when she keeps a secret for her boyfriend, a soldier fighting in Afghanistan. George is…
Flipped Friday: Heath
published on September 10, 2010What is it? Writers aspire to describe things in ways that give readers an Aha! moment - a new phrase or word that flips our expectations and makes us go, “Yes, that’s exactly what an orange looks, tastes, feels, smells like.”…
Literary San Francisco
published on September 9, 2010Three big events are coming to San Francisco that authors and readers alike will want to know about.
1. The Big Book Sale (September 22-26; Fort Mason Festival Pavilion): The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library are putting on…
