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Road Trip Wednesday: Six-Word Memoir
published on December 8, 2010I decided to play along with this week’s Road Trip Wednesday from the great ladies over at YA Highway.
This week’s topic: Write Your Six-Word Memoir.
Here’s mine.
What Inspires Your Creativity?
published on December 6, 2010I opened up future blog topics to Twitterdom, and you responded.
@MaggieFord asked, What Inspires Your Creativity?
Geez, I wish I knew. Then maybe I could flip it on and off…
Speak It! – A Great iPhone App for Writers
published on November 30, 2010
Thanksgiving weekend I drove 6.5 long hours from San Francisco to my sister’s in Southern California. The idea was to pick up some of my belongings that I left…
Fleur de Sel Cupcakes
published on November 21, 2010
Kara’s Cupcakes in San Francisco makes these amazing fleur de sel cupcakes. I had to see if I could make a version of them, and I came pretty close….
Two Writing Tools That Work
published on November 15, 2010I’m not doing Nano, but I am writing up a storm this month. The YA Highway ladies shared a few iPhone apps they’ve found useful. Likewise, I wanted to share the two tools that have proved most helpful…
Why NanoWriMo Isn’t For Me
published on November 11, 2010It’s November and word counts and madly typing writers have consumed the internet. As I watch the madness, I’ve had this feeling that I’m sitting on the sidelines. Somehow, I’m less productive, less speedy, less than the writers who…
Interior of a Heart New Playlist
published on November 1, 2010A new month and a new playlist for this book, which is finally going to be finished this month. It was time to refresh my tired playlist. Warning: this book is all kinds of sad and intense, so the…
Are Crit Groups Bad?
published on October 28, 2010I’m in a crit group right now. A pretty great one, actually. We swap chapters and meet every other week to give each other in depth feedback. Each person has twenty minutes spent on their work, plus written comments…
Book Shoot Contest
published on October 22, 2010Back in June I submitted a teaser from my book TOUCHED to a contest run by Vania over at VLC Photo. Guess what?…
How to Run an Effective Blog Contest
published on October 21, 2010I love blog contests. Because I like free stuff. That’s human nature. Lately, though, bloggers are making their readers jump through more and more hoops in order to ENTER their contests. I’m not even talking about winning. Some contests…
