How Does Your Garden Grow?

by | Mar 22, 2010 | Uncategorized

I just planted more goodies for my garden this weekend. Now I’ve got blueberries, tomatoes (yellow, cherry, heirloom, and regular), bell peppers, cucumbers, basil, summer squash, purple potatoes (yes, they’re really purple), and zucchini on the vegetable...

Yes, It’s a Baby

by | Mar 19, 2010 | Uncategorized

A while back, after I had just finished my first draft of Hatshepsut, a friend asked how long it took to get the whole thing on paper. My answer? Roughly nine months of concerted writing. (The first year I only managed 100 pages and half of that was cut.) Her...

Hats, Hats, and More Hats!

by | Mar 5, 2010 | Uncategorized

We writers wear a lot of hats. In fact, Elana Johnson just blogged about this. I’ve been wearing my editing hat since August when I finished the first draft of Hatshepsut. I did manage to put my writing hat on for a while while the MS was curing, but it’s...

Writers Are Like Beavers

by | Mar 3, 2010 | Uncategorized

WARNING: This post is a result of too much grading before Spring Break and my brain working to detox from intense lessons on the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide. I’m slightly unhinged. Beavers are cool. The little critters (actually not so big- I once mistook...

Check Your Facts!

by | Feb 14, 2010 | Uncategorized

Okay, I’m venting here a little. This past week I entered a critique contest which is cool- I’m all about unbiased feedback. That which doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger, right? But one critiquer made a comment that the first 250 words of my novel...