Jami Gold graciously listened to me prattle on about how cool Twitter is, and I have writing pals on Twitter, and by the way, I SCORED MY AGENT THROUGH TWITTER, and then she asked me to write a guest post about it. Which I did. Won’t you come and read it? Pretty please? Also, today [...]
Archive for September, 2010
My Guest Post: A Twitter Love Story
Posted in Writing, tagged guest post, how I got my agent, Jami Gold, look Ma technology is awesome!, Twitter on September 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »
#10bythen
Posted in Writing, tagged #10bythen, challenges, friends, motivation, submissions on September 29, 2010 | 14 Comments »
This is how it started. Once upon a time, a few of us were whining on Twitter. “I don’t have any submissions out. I used to sub much more than I am now, but I’m tired/worn out/don’t have anything new/too busy reading Stilettos and Shirley Temples to sub.” (Yeah, so maybe I made that last [...]
Guest Post by Jeremy D. Brooks
Posted in Writing, tagged Amity, debut novel, Jeremy D. Brooks, self publishing on September 28, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Hi, everybody! Today we have a special guest post written by the fantastic Jeremy D. Brooks. He discusses self-publishing and also introduces us to his debut novel, Amity. Enjoy! * My name is Jeremy, and I’m a self-publisher. This won’t come as a surprise to anyone who follows my blog, but I struggled with getting [...]
Something Humbling
Posted in Writing, tagged prioritizing, special needs, things that are scary, Williams on September 24, 2010 | 19 Comments »
I’ve been a blogger since 2005. I wasn’t blogging about the wonderful world of writing; I was writing about my son. He was diagnosed with a strange genetic syndrome and it very much felt like we were set adrift after that. Few had seen the syndrome before. We were alone. I started my blog at www.williamssyndrome.blogspot.com because [...]
WIP Wednesday: Writing (and migraine) Updates!
Posted in Writing, tagged clean eating, doing scary things, migraines, NaNoWriMo, WIP Wednesday on September 22, 2010 | 12 Comments »
It’s been a while since I could look at WIP Wednesday without guilt. Usually I’m thinking, “Man, I’m so behind! I didn’t achieve anything,” blah blah blah. But today I’m completely satisfied. My goal is to have the Williams Syndrome project in the hands of my agent by Halloween. This gives me incentive to push [...]
Book Review: Cristyn West’s PLAIN JANE
Posted in Writing, tagged Cristyn West, Plain Jane, serial killers on September 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Cristyn West’s PLAIN JANE broke my head, pure and simple. I was sucked in from the brisk, smartly written opening chapter and wasn’t released until the genuinely stunning conclusion. PLAIN JANE follows disturbed profiler Kent and his on-again, off-again romantic interest Nicole as they hunt down a particularly twisted serial killer. The relationship between the [...]
“Be Mysterious: Writers in Masks” Features Damien Walters Grintalis
Posted in Writing, tagged Be Mysterious: Writers in Masks, Damien Walters Grintalis on September 17, 2010 | 9 Comments »
During the week, Damien Walters Grintalis is a typical writer slouched in front of a laptop with a cup of coffee handy. Her favorite attire consists of yoga pants, a tank top, and flip flops, although the flip-flops often end up kicked off and discarded under her desk. On the weekends, however, she puts on [...]
Something New and Shiny! 30 Questions
Posted in Writing on September 16, 2010 | 23 Comments »
So I came across this very cool meme that is apparently going around LiveJournal. So I’m sorry if it’s old hat to you, but it’s new, magical, and wonderful to me. It’s the 30 Days of Writing Meme, and I stumbled across it while reading J. Koyanagi’s fantastic blog. The questions amaze me. I want [...]
I Broke My Brain. And Threats.
Posted in Writing, tagged dietary triggers, migraines, ow ow ow ouch ouch ouch, support on September 15, 2010 | 24 Comments »
Hello, my name is Mercedes. (Hi, Mercedes!) And I struggle with migraines. I’ve been dealing with them for about twenty years now, with varying degrees of success. I’ve done it all: kept a migraine journal, (Yeah, if you want good reading, read a migraine journal), a trigger journal, a journal of my feelings about migraines. [...]
Book Review: Robert Duperre’s “The Fall”
Posted in Writing, tagged debut novel, Jessie David Young, Robert Duperre, Zombies on September 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’ve gotta be honest. This book caught my interest at “Mayan”. A long-dormant threat awakens and is released from a Mayan temple. Those infected become irrationally violent and cannibalize anyone unfortunate enough to be nearby. What do you do when those you love succumb? Robert Duperre’s The Fall is a toothy, satisfying read written in [...]
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