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Asilomar
Tomorrow I am off to the annual SCBWI Asilomar conference. It's supposed to be beautiful there -- it's also supposed to be raining. I'd be more disappointed if I could walk longer distances than I can. :)
It's time to amp up to hyper social mode. I will have an undisclosed roommate for the weekend, as well as meet my three fellow critiquers whose ( Read more... ) -
SCBWI Winter Conference
My trip to New York was truly fabulous. I'm still floating around, albeit a bit drowsily, enjoying the afterglow ( Read more... ) -
New York adventure
I'm getting up really, really early tomorrow to catch my flight to New York. This is entirely self-inflicted pain, as there was a later flight I could have taken, except that then I wouldn't have been able to go to the theater tomorrow night. Good theater is worth very little sleep.
I'm very excited about this trip, although I can't say if I'm ( Read more... ) -
Top Fifteen Books I Read in 2009
As promised, I extracted a short list from my reading list last year of the books that I found the most memorable/amazing/enjoyable or had a strong impact on me. My only rules were that I was only allowed to choose books I had never read before, and only fiction. In no particular order, we have ( Read more... ) -
Taos Toolbox!
I've been accepted to study at Taos Toolbox!
This is actually a belated announcement. I received the news on January 4, while I was on Maui. What a way to begin the year! I was so excited that zunger had to listen to me babble about it for the entire remainder of the trip. I've calmed down a little, but I can't wait for June!
I heard Nancy Kress speak ( Read more... ) -
The Great 2009 Book List: November/December
And this is the last of them. Please note that this list is not a list of recommendations, just what I happened to read this year. Feel free to ask me about my opinions off-line. The next book list I'm going to put up is my favorites from these, so if you're looking for a recommendation list, that will be the one to read ( Read more... ) -
The Great 2009 Book List: September/October
62. Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins ( Read more... ) -
The Great 2009 Book List
Having enjoyed the holidays and healed my arm to the point of pain-free typing, I can (finally!) continue with my book list. What you probably don't remember is that as of July 1st, I had finished book #32 (Naamah's Kiss). I even had some (overly lofty) ambitions to write about books as I read them (gasp!) so that I could remember what I was ( Read more... ) -
Injured again
We're going to have to wait for my book list or any substantive entries, since I sprained my arm, (yeah, I know, I didn't know you could sprain an *arm* either, but now I see what it means) so alas, no typing for me. The doctor says 1-2 weeks until typing, playing piano, or any other arm usage, so I'm hoping for 1 week. In the meantime, I'm on ( Read more... ) -
Murder mystery
I recently wrote and ran a "murder mystery" game for my husband's birthday. The theme was Agatha Christie, and I wrote the whole thing from scratch - 25 roles worth, plus a role for me and two roles for my husband. We actually only had 22 players as three people dropped out after I had already written the parts, and the size was just about ( Read more... )