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Halloween Music Playlist
Music is a huge part of my creative process, whether it is grooving in the car thinking up new ideas or playing the same songs over and over to catch a mood for a particular scene. Sometimes I obsess...
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Punkie Night
It’s Punkie Night tonight, It’s Punkie Night tonight, Adam and Eve would not believe, It’s Punkie Night tonight. In South Somerset, on the last Thursday of October every year, Punkie Night is...
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Sunday Music Playlist
Music is a huge part of my creative process, whether it is grooving in the car thinking up new ideas or playing the same songs over and over to catch a mood for a particular scene. Sometimes I obsess...
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Saturday Music Playlist
Music is a huge part of my creative process, whether it is grooving in the car thinking up new ideas or playing the same songs over and over to catch a mood for a particular scene. Sometimes I obsess...
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Snowpocalpse, Part Two
I was stuck at home today because of some very cold rain, but that’s Atlanta for you. My husband also reported that the guy in front of him at the grocery store bought a twelve pack of beer and a can...
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What I’m Watching
I’m always fascinated by what people watch on television, probably because I’m so bad at guessing my friends’ and coworkers’ favorite shows. So I figured I’d share a few things that are on the weekly...
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Saturday Music Playlist
Music is a huge part of my creative process, whether it is grooving in the car thinking up new ideas or playing the same songs over and over to catch a mood for a particular scene. Sometimes I obsess...
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Thousand Words Before Breakfast
I’m feeling the need to brag on myself a bit today, and for the last few days too. As I mentioned not too long ago, writing while under the influence of pregnancy has been a challenge. However, this...
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Real Data about E-books and Self-Publishing
The world of publishing is changing. I think everyone can agree on that without too much fuss. The part where everyone gets their panties in a bunch deals with where and how is it changing the most....
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Saturday Music Playlist
Music is a huge part of my creative process, whether it is grooving in the car thinking up new ideas or playing the same songs over and over to catch a mood for a particular scene. Sometimes I obsess...
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Adding a Character Slot to My Family
My son was born a couple weeks ago, adding a character slot to my family (to use some videogame lingo). Everything went smoothly, and everyone is happy and healthy at home. Compared to my daughter, the...
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Pressure
Operation Write-A-Paragraph is a success so far. There’s nothing like the uncertainty of when the baby will wake up to push me to get a few more words on the page. In fact, I am debating changing Ace’s...
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What Separates Us from Them?
“Us” being aspiring writers, “them” referencing the published and self-published authors. ;) I’m feeling like a novice hack sitting around in my bunny slippers all day. (Sweetpea’s preschool has...
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I Love My WIP Too Much
I wish I could go back and tell my 20-year-old self that I didn’t know what busy was. I wish I could tell my 30-year-old self I still didn’t know what busy was. I wish I could tell my grad school...
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Some Spring Cleaning
If you noticing things moving around on the website, have no worries, it’s just me doing some spring cleaning. I realized that my life has changed “slightly” since I started this blog two years ago,...
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What Goes Up…
What goes up must come down, What went right will go wrong. Okay, this isn’t my overall philosophy on life. I consider myself to have a fairly sunny outlook on things, but this morning has made me...
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Music and Writing
First, a survey. I don’t want to bias you with my comments below. Click the little button, then continue on to the musical finale. ;) Take Our Poll I hope to write a follow up post on the results in a...
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Hachette vs. Amazon. Ready?? Fight!!
I’ve been standing on the sidelines watching the Hachette vs. Amazon kerfuffle unfurl. I don’t exactly have a horse in the race yet, but since I plan to self-publish one day, this is news worth...
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Better, Faster, More
I’ll be the first to admit that I love reading how-to books. It’s a guilty pleasure of mine. Since I have gotten serious about this writing gig, I’ve read 30+ books on how to write better, faster, and...
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My Odd Little Hobby
I still play with dolls, and no, not the ones that Sweetpea has. These are dolls I started collecting and customizing ten years ago. While I don’t get to enjoy my hobby as much now that I have a...
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