So. Here's the thing. I've decided I'm a famous writer in a parallel universe. If this real world isn't going to read my work, then my world will. Right? Of course. Prove me wrong. So, I've got a new blog, Famous in Parallel Universe. You could subscribe or leave my parallel self a comment. Some …
Warning: Blog Pit–Watch Your Step
Once you start on your blog journey, there's pressure to travel that blog path forever. I mean, what is the destination anyway? For a while, I'm taking another path. Soon I'm going to start another blog--a writing blog with a sci-fi twist. A time-wimey twist in fact. Hmmm. This blog pit seems bigger on the …
“Now which way do we go?”
I've lost my bloggy way. No map. No signs. No ideas.
Super Powers Aren’t Us.
If I could have a super power, I'd want the power to see through mounds of text to find the fatal plot holes and creeping story killers. What super power would you wish for?
You Are Not Like Other People
The garbage disposal was broken. The maintenance guy and I were sharing stories of growing up without garbage disposals. As a kid I carried my plate outside, walked to the side of the house, and scraped whatever was on my plate into the cow pasture. Mr. Maintenance asked me where I grew up. Florida. And …
Pick the Right Baby
The agent wasn't taken with the pages I sent from my manuscript The Labyrinth House. I rewrote them, but they still work for her. The agent was willing to read a few pages of The Blue Jar, and she liked those pages enough to ask for more. I've sent more, and I'm now waiting. I …
Kill the Ones They Love
Fans are a mixed blessing. I've been reading about True Fans and I've been reading commentary by the fans of Harry Potter, Doctor Who, and Torchwood. And it seems there's a lesson in there about Fan Rage. Fan Rage may be more prevalent in sci-fi and fantasy genres sicne they're the genres in which fans …
Coffee, Action Figures, and Love
The other day one of my students (remember, my students are all adults) said (with affection) that I was a child inside. This was because I said I was going to the midnight release of the last Harry Potter film. Since I don't have any friends who will stay up that late, I'm going on …
Go hula!
See things from another perspective. Like a hula hoop. I've been reading a lot over at Tribal Writer. Justine says a lot of things I wish I'd said. Now I wish I could figure out how to say what I want to say. She has a post about having True Fans. I don't know how …
It’s not what you think.
How often do you look back on a past moment in your life and wonder if you missed what really happened? I am very good at this. The other day I was reading about some hubbub going on over a storyline on a television series. I don't watch the series but the issue of writer …
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