Words I Love. A Lot.

by | Aug 29, 2009 | Uncategorized

There are words I love. And phrases I adore. Lackadaisical and phantasmagoric are two of the best words in the English language. Some of you may quibble (another great word!) with phantasmagoric actually being a word, but I’ve seen it used in print and speech...

Back to School

by | Aug 22, 2009 | Uncategorized

Someone needs to tell my principal that it’s incredibly inconvenient to expect me to teach American history to 125 teenagers when I’m supposed to be writing. But whoever mentions that should also mention that I still want direct deposit for my paychecks....

It Takes How Long to Get Published?

by | Aug 15, 2009 | Uncategorized

The other day I was talking to my husband about the publishing process (a rare moment of adult conversation when the two-year-old dictator was at Grandma and Grandpa’s). I mentioned that after I get an agent and that wonderful human being finds a publishing...

Picking Scabs: The Editing Process

by | Aug 9, 2009 | Uncategorized

Blood Red Pencil would be proud of me. Yesterday I killed one of my darlings, a beautiful scene set at the foot of the pyramids. “But you just went to the pyramids,” you say. “Why would you cut a scene like that?”It was a plot-killer with no...