Mistakes about the 1956 World Series Yankees and my Dad (with apologies to the fans)
All my life I grew up thinking my dad loved the Yankees. He’d met the team in Japan. I love Japan. I loved living in Japan. I loved learning Japanese. I loved meeting Japanese people. I loved all of that. It’s been 20 years now this spring since I got on the plane to fly there for […]
Meet Adrienne Monson, Newly Minted Author!
Today I’m interviewing Adrienne Monson, author of the just-out-this-weekend newest-vampire-novel-on-the-shelves DISSENSION. She’s a cool chick with the most gorgeously stunning auburn hair you’ll ever see, and I appreciate her taking time to answer all my questions. First off, the most important question: do you snack when you write? If so, on what? (Don’t say blood.) How’d […]
Guest Blogging Over at R.K. Grow’s Site!
Social media is pretty amazing. We meet people from all over the world–and we never leave the comfort of our pajamas! (And they don’t know we’re in our pajamas. I assume everyone thinks of me blogging in my ball gown with my tiara.) Recently I met via Twitter a really fun fellow writer, Rebekah Grow. […]
Hello, Johnny Raincloud! Will You Write My Scene?
This morning I woke up super cranky. Well, I didn’t actually realize I was cranky until the sharpest replies started coming out of my mouth. It was weird, like an ABC Afterschool Special, where the body and brain have been switched and the soul doesn’t recognize itself. “Who is that shrew and why is she […]
Getting Back in the Game — Running and Writing
So, while I was in DC, I didn’t run my morning run. For one thing, we were staying with my cousin Hillary and she lives in a hilly neighborhood, and I was pretty sure my knees couldn’t take it. For another, our entire days were taken up with walking around looking at the sights, and […]
Name Some Children Some Names and See What Happens
It’s freezing out there. I went running in 14 degree weather this morning. And I couldn’t find my scarf. And when my neighbor pulled up to tell me to “go inside where it’s warm,” I couldn’t respond because I’d been out there too long and all I could say was, “Hawah? Mah wips don’ wahhk.” […]
The Lament of the Snacking Writer
What was with me that I thought I needed enough Ritz Crackers to choke a horse in order to churn out a few (I mean, ten, friends, ten!!!) pages on my WIP yesterday? I mean, sure. Snacking and writing go together like bread and butter (of which I ate inordinate amounts over the holidays.) Or […]
The Anti-Magic-Formula
I really love my publisher. They are super encouraging and they really “get it” about social networking, and they’ve really encouraged me as an author to stretch outside my comfort zone and put the book out there (and myself) more than I would’ve done so otherwise. So yesterday, when they sent a list of suggestions, I […]
Great Christmas Present for that Special Writer in Your Life
This February is the 21st annual ANWA Conference. It will be held in the Phoenix area, at the Mesa Hilton. It’s open to all and any writers and looking at the lineup of presenters and agents and publishers who will be there, it looks to possibly be their best yet. For the past several years […]
Zaneisms
Those of you who know me know I have a son who thinks. And thinks. And theorizes. And philosphizes. And speaks these often. We call these musings “Zaneisms.” Here’s one he spouted wandering through the house one day. It’ll likely make its way into the family Christmas letter: “Why do they always say no two snowflakes […]
