Archive for the 'All About Writing' Category

Conflict. Charity. Boobs.

I was thinking about charities, recently: what I give to, how I give. I have a friend coping with breast cancer right now, and I ...


Dear Query Fairy;

Please help me stop editing past the point where my query contains proper grammar. Or at least, help me to see the problem BEFORE I ...


Fortuitous Contract

We have the bizarrest gradual entry into full-day Kindergarten for Tate (who wants to start full time TOMORROW). Ripley's entry was gradual - but it was ...


I keep thinking I’m about to write a new post

It's been obvious that my blog's winding down - as are so many blogs I read.For me, it was the emotional work of this past winter. I ...


Another site that might amuse.

I enjoy The Bloggess. She is rude, funny, and humane.


While I am not here

This site may amuse you.


Drifts of Quiet

Over the past few years, as life circumstances have changed, I've found myself drifting. I'm not great at drifting; I flail and get frustrated and impatient. I ...


Query update

There's only one ms left out there now. Most are back - and all in all, it was a successful query run for me, where ...


Of course, then sometimes you play Echo Bizarre

So, Great Ideas Are Brewing! Yessss. Excitement to start anew! Hurray! Only we were hit by this cold/flu thing - mine came with added hubris, because I thought ...


Where Babies Come From

So here I am, at the beginning again. INSIGNIFICANT HOLY is out, and so far the notes have not had an eye toward rewriting, so ...