I'll be at FenCon again this year. Can't wait to see everyone and enjoy all the writer stuff. Trying to figure out how to make something to hand out for my YA book, The Dragonwood Box, coming out in December 2011. Better get busy!

I've torn the house apart looking for last year's tax return. I know it's here somewhere because I had it in October 09 when we refinanced the house. But, WHERE? Anyway, I'm reading David Farland's outlining kicks today in prep for starting on a new book. I'm having a really dingy day. Hope everyone else's day is going a whole lot better.

FenCon VI was filled with wonderful people, information and good times this year. I got a chance to talk to Candy Havens, Rosemary Clement-Moore, J. Kathleen Cheney and many others. My writer's group, Future Classics, was well-represented with Bill Ledbetter, Melanie Fletcher, Gloria Oliver, Laura Seaborne, Delilah Peeler and Michelle Muenzler all ( Read more... )

Its so unnerving when you discover that for several weeks you've made the same mistakes in your manuscripts again and again. Your critique group starts to get tired of telling you about it and you are embarrassed because you haven't learned. Not that I haven't tried to figure it out, but it just hasn't stuck yet. I just hate that. And I've done it ( Read more... )

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Hummmm, after all this time I've discovered that I CAN write every day. I CAN sit in the chair and work, even on days when I'm not enthused. I keep hearing that pros write every day and I understand that if you have to make the house payment, you write. But how about those of us who no longer have to bring in the cash. I make a little money at ( Read more... )

My crit group beat me up a bit last night. I tried to hurry along and sent 3 chapter I wrote over the past week to them. I'm going to have to work on writing faster and BETTER. Looked like I forgot everything I know about soaking my prose in emotion and explaining everything down to the nth degree. Now I'm going to have to face revisions from hell ( Read more... )

Well, Candy is doing it again. She's come up with a new class, not Fast Draft, but something else. It starts tomorrow on her yahoo group so go sign up. Candace Havens just won Mentor of the Year at the D.C. RWA Convention. WOOT! Congrats ( Read more... )

Just got the news that Arlington, Texas, author Rosemary Clement-Moore won the RITA award for the YA category at RWA National Conference this weekend in Washington, DC!!

Way to go Rosemary!!!!

It has been so long since I saw the last HP movie (2007) that I wanted this one bad. Didn't go to the midnight show, don't like yawning through the middle. But I went to the first showing on Wednesday. Nothing like popcorn for breakfast. This was the darkest movie yet. Draco Malfoy finally got to step out and do some bad things at Hogwarts. Emma ( Read more... )