A Broken Laptop

My sweet and tiny next door neighbor was mugged last night, less than a block away from our house.  She’s pretty bruised and shaken up, but other than that, she isn’t badly physically hurt.  All I can think is: less than a block away?!  What a jerk.  What a coward.   She’s probably less than five [...]

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Three years ago I was bored and dissatisfied with my boring and dissatisfying life, so I took an online writing class from the local college. This, too, was boring and dissatisfying, mainly because the teacher wanted to keep everything rated G (“no violence or language of any kind”) and when she wasn’t telling us to write [...]

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Today was a horrible day, full of meanness and ill will. It has damaged my optimistic view of humanity, but surely only for today. Two positive things came from this. The first is that my warm-and-caring-turned-cold-and-biting story can only be strengthened. I don’t think that I can back this one into a corner, so I’ll [...]

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So I’m supposed to be providing a bio pic for a publication. Sure, I say. No problem. Give me a while so that I can take an updated one, I say. But I forgot one thing: Bio pics suck. A lot. In a world where most people will never meet me face to face, all [...]

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This weekend was full of rollercoasters, Memorial Day sales, and delicious goodness. My family and I enjoyed real quality time, and got to know each other again. We took walks, hung pictures in the living room, and played on the swing set outside. I even submitted a few things. But know what I didn’t do? [...]

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Three years later, and this is still one of my favorite videos ever. It’s so gloriously campy. I loved last night’s writer’s group meeting!  The speaker was Vicki Pettersson, the author of The Signs of the Zodiac Series. She was a fun speaker, both witty and accessible, and I came home feeling inspired. She talked [...]

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  It’s not that I’m anti-technology.  I’m not even super technology impaired, although mildly.  I’m just slow to join the rest of the crowd.  I drag my feet, because I like to watch other people, and see what they’re doing, and how it’s going for them.  We were the last house on the block to [...]

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  Once my husband and I went a Cirque du Soleil show.  There were these evil clowns roaming the audience beforehand, roaring and being generally creepy. I nearly climbed hubby’s body to get away.  I made him promise, on our marriage, that he wouldn’t let even get close enough to touch me, or I was going to come [...]

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So! Come and read my MadLibbed query on Carrie Harris’ blog, and if you feel so inclined, feel free to comment.  I’m quite happy with the way she handled it.  She was thoughtful, thorough, and it was hilarious.  Although I doubt queries will never be “fun” in my book, I’m already seeing vast improvements to [...]

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I am!! Carrie Harris is going to go all ninja on my query letter tomorrow. She’s setting up Da Rulz tonight, so drop by and give them a read, if you so desire. This? Is a little bit scary, because nobody likes to hear what they’re doing wrong. But remember my New Year’s Resolution? I’m [...]

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