It’s My Bookiversary! Let’s Celebrate!
First off, yesterday my husband mentioned that he prefers “not big” hair. He couldn’t be serious, could he? Come on. Big hair is the best! I’m choosing to ignore the comment. And now…. A year ago this week, BIG IN JAPAN hit the shelves. I can’t believe it’s been a whole year. What a fun […]
America’s Best Kept Secret
We travel to Idaho every summer. My family is there, parents, at least. Since we live in southern Arizona, we’re still in the West, and I always tell myself it won’t be that different from here. The southern part of Idaho is still considered part of the Great Basin, it’s a desert, there’s a drought […]
Lather, Rinse, Repeat. It’s what writers do.
So, this summer I’ve somehow managed, amidst the chaos of having five kids around, to do quite a bit of writing. It’s a Summer Vacation Miracle!* I was thinking about patterns the other day, of how I work on stuff. Like, say this summer I’ve been a writing maniac, four pages a day on average, […]
Editing. It’s like Jenga.
I have a big problem with my current project. It’s not exactly writer’s block. It’s more like … editor’s block. And continuing on with the “block” terminology, it’s kind of like dominoes. Or JENGA. Remember Jenga? That game where you try to carefully remove a block from the stack without toppling the whole pile? I remember […]
Blast from the Past! Why I Love Old Tech
I am an unabashed Old Techy. In my opinion, DVDs were the dumbest invention ever. Music CDs were a close second. Why did we have to be so danged careful with something that cost $15-$20, an item which a single scratch (or sometimes NOT EVEN a scratch) would make it unusable? I ask you! It […]
The Problem With This Summer’s Movies
Honestly, I don’t know what studio execs were thinking when they started out to plan the summer of 2013. First, you need to know that I love movies. In fact, I’m always kinda shocked when I meet someone who doesn’t love movies. What are they doing to tell themselves stories? I wonder! Because I totally need […]
A Starting Point for Character Creation
The other day I received one of those emails that just makes me smile. It was a request for advice. Made me feel so awesome to be asked for advice. My young friend, who is very artistic by nature and is in college asked, “I have a project that involves developing characters and such. I wonder […]
Blood Moon by Teri Harman a Bewitching Read
I’m happy to be part of the Blood Moon blog tour! Granted, I’m posting a few days later than scheduled, but hey. Time marches forward, even when we’re deep in the heart of Scottsdale without internet access (which is another story for another day.) Now, ladies and gentlemen: Blood Moon! From the back cover: Willa […]
Review: INSIGHT by Terron James
It’s been a few years since I last read an epic fantasy. When did the first Lord of the Rings movie come out? 2001? I think so. I remember at the time my best friend said, “We’re having a Lord of the Rings party, and we’re only inviting people who totally appreciate the book, and […]
Meeting Contestants from “The Voice”
I can’t believe it’s been a whole week since we lived out my Mother’s Day gift dream and went to the LOCAL concert featuring some of this season’s best singers from NBC’s “The Voice.” Time flies! We took the whole family to see rocking songstress Amy Whitcomb, folk rock duo Midas Whale, and our hometown […]
