I tagged this from Jeaniene Frost’s blog. Feel free to tag it yourself. I swear it was hard not to explain some of these answers ( Read more... )

So, super agent Daphne Unfeasible (aka KT Literary) issued a holiday writing prompt on her fantastic blog yesterday. I’m not usually one who can do writing prompts because it kinda feels like an assignment/homework, and if you know me you know I HATED homework! So, I didn’t really think I’d do this, but one of the prompts stood out to me, and I ( Read more... )

I love the show Entourage on HBO. So I put out a call on Twitter and Facebook for people who wanted follow me around with no real goals. I can be the cash cow and in return, I can have people who will keep me company and do things for me…great life right? Well, I got some takers, friends and family, but it got me thinking.

First, I don’t really ( Read more... )

As I typed my way through the first chapter of my SNI, (got in close to 3000 words today!), I realized one of my writing flaws…compound words. For some reason my brain doesn’t want to connect them.

One of the main ones is…without…see, even when I typed it just now I initially typed with out.

For this particular novel, my main compound blunders ( Read more... )

A while back I was speaking with a friend who writes, but not really with professional aspirations (which is still good. I don’t care what your goals are for writing if you love it!). She asked if I planned to add quotes to my book. At first I wasn’t sure what she meant. I thought she meant like a foreword or like some song lyrics at the beginning ( Read more... )

Today we lost two pop icons. We'd been preparing for Farrah but Michael was a shock. I feel like part of my childhood just died. It amazes me, as I sit here watching MTv Jams play back to back MJ videos, HIS SONGS ARE STILL AWESOME TODAY! Even some two or three decades old! Music is timeless and Michael Jackson will live on forever because of that ( Read more... )

What’s next…

Well, now that I’m letting my novel sit and marinate, I think I’m going to start on a few of my SNI’s. I have a paranormal YA mystery series-featuring a 16yr old psychic-that I think I want to be next after Light Bringers. Granted, I still have a 3rd book to write to complete the Light Bringers series, but I don’t want to start that ( Read more... )

So far this year I’ve read/listened to 32 books. Last year, my total was 60, which I’m trying to beat this year. Looks like I’m well on my way! I know some don’t count audio books as actually reading, but I do. I listen to books only at work. My job lends itself to sitting in my office and going completely nutters if I don’t have something like the ( Read more... )

My mom and stepdad were in town this week to finalize the paperwork on the new home they just bought in Dover, Delaware. They currently live in Memphis, Tennessee because my stepdad works for the military. Anyway, they came down to lovely Baltimore on Friday to visit with me until today.

My mother LOVES The Cheesecake Factory so we went there on ( Read more... )

So today I get home and there is only one letter in my mailbox. As soon as I see the golden envelope that I've addressed, I know it's from an agent and more than likely, it's a rejection as all the requests I've received came via email. Well, I open it and yes, it is a rejection, but it’s definitely the nicest one I've ever received.

Now this was ( Read more... )