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Christmas, Drugstore.com, and Nut Clusters
published on January 11, 2010This post is so late coming, but its arrival was delayed by a sinus infection inhibiting my ability to breathe and a serious homework deadline inhibiting my will to live. Lucky for me, I took notes about my vacation…
101 in 1001: Better than a New Year’s Resolution
published on January 2, 2010The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie….
FUN Day: Or Fricking UNcomfortable Day
published on December 13, 2009Like most families, mine practices the ancient art of dysfunction, and my mother is our shaman. By the time I was fifteen, she’d been married five times with my father holding the glittering crown of Lucky #2. Of course,…
Road Trip Wednesday #10: Getting to Know YOU!
published on December 9, 2009The writers over at YA Highway want to get to know ME! Okay, they opened it up to everyone who visits their site, but I’m sure they’d love me if they knew me. Unless Kate tells them…
AW December Blog Chain Theme: 2009 Wrap-up
published on December 7, 2009Okay, this month the AW group voted to do the December Blog chain on a general wrap-up of our writing goals in 2009. Since I’ve been blogging on my writing all year I feel like I’m bludgeoning my readers…
My Thanksgiving was Great, Thanks. How was Yours?
published on November 30, 2009
This Thanksgiving I flew myself to Los Angeles to stay with my sister, her husband, and their 4 kids for the long weekend. We made the 65-mile trek to my mom’s…
Editing Your Manuscript; Or Amputating Limbs
published on November 15, 2009
Today I did something I haven’t done in a while. I sat down and read my book from first page to last. I clipped my inner-editor’s wings and let myself get lost…
I-OCD, or Inbox Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Writer’s Malady
published on November 10, 2009
As many of you know, the manuscript of my novel is currently on review by several agents, along with reams of manuscripts from all the other hopeful writers. While I…
My Top 40 Reads
published on October 18, 2009
I’m at work on the outline of the sequel to TOUCHED and beta reading a novel for an AW friend. (For those that don’t know, a beta reader…
