So, ummm... Hi. I don't know if I still have any readers. Followers. Friends. Whatever people reading this are called on this site. But if I do, I wanted to check in & let you know I'm 1) still alive and 2) still writing and 3) still mommying ( Read more... )

I realize I've been diving in & out of LJ-land for the last year or so to drop big news: "Hey, I have depression that really sucks!" "I got an agent!" "I lost my agent!" "I'm changing my critique services!" "I'm pregnant!" etc ( Read more... )

Just realized that, while I posted this information on Facebook & Twitter a couple weeks ago, I hadn't yet made an LJ-land announcement. So this is to let everyone know that my husband & I are expecting our first kiddo in early September :)


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Thank you to all the entrants & all my friends who helped promote the contest. I really appreciate it!

And now, the winners!

The winner of the Submission Package Critique is Dani!

The winner of the First Chapter Critique is Chrystal!

Thanks again for entering!!

Just a reminder that my critique contest ends tomorrow! If you want to enter, please do so on my last post ( Read more... )

As I said in my last post, I've been doing a lot of thinking about writing-- and not just my own, but what I really love about it. As much as I adore getting lost in my own worlds, getting lost in other people's is a lot of fun, too. Even more fun is helping other people find their way through the worlds they're writing ( Read more... )

First of all, thank you for everyone who commented on my last post. All your lovely thoughts & support mean a lot to me ( Read more... )

I’ve been contemplating this post for quite a while. Some of you might have noticed it’s been a bit quiet around here (er, for 2 months… sorry about that…). There are quite a few reasons for the silence, and as now the sting has worn off one of the biggest reasons, I think I’m ready to talk a bit more about it ( Read more... )

The opening of my page on end of the year critique specials says, "Are you this kitten, with the yarn being your plot?"


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Two weeks after I got knocked out with what I'm fairly certain was the flu, I'm finally feeling more normal. Still coughing and have a little bit of a sore throat sometimes, but my brain has (mostly) un-fogged, so I feel like I'm getting something accomplished ( Read more... )