Now published: "Tribute"

I'm pleased to announce that my flash fiction story "Tribute" has been published in the British e-zine Motley Press, volume one, issue three. To view the issue in PDF, click HERE....

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Willoughby gets his comeuppance

Unable to find a really fresh Royal Wedding-related bit of silliness, I bring you instead some Austen silliness for today's Friday fun.If the embedded video isn't appearing for...

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The fist

Many of us have suffered great difficulties and hardships, and as a result we've developed an internal organ for processing pain I call The Inner Fist. The Inner Fist clamps around...

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Misplaced modifiers?

Dear Editor-on-call,*I got this comment in a critique of mine and I have NO idea what it means. Could you shed some light? I feel so stupid, but I just don't get the terminology:...

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Peace, love and editing

I'll be taking a blogging hiatus for Holy Week, peeps. (And no, I don't care for that particular confection--my faves are coconut-filled dark chocolate eggs and the small white...

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Awesome action authors to the rescue!

Finally, a manufacturer really gets it! REAL heroes for our daughters to emulate! For today's Friday Fun, I give you the Bronte sisters as you've never seen them before, performing...

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Research or interference?

In her nonfiction book on writing, Escaping into the Open, Elizabeth Berg makes an interesting assertion I'd never seen anywhere else: While drafting, avoid reading books on the...

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Revising for scene variety

"Write what you know" sometimes spills into our approach to scene writing. We stick to the scene format that feels most comfortable to write, whether that's action, dialogue,...

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"Me, me, me" isn't always selfish

Not when it's Beaker, the lovable Muppet. I've always been exceptionally impressed by his ability to communicate so much with a one-word vocabulary. We writers could learn a lot...

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What is not there

While washing my hands at work, I realized my left hand looked a little strange. Naked. The spot where my engagement ring and wedding band usually sit was empty. Stranger still,...

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Let's talk trailers with author Jessica Bell

Today I welcome author Jessica Bell, whose debut novel String Bridge will be released in November, to share her story about creating her book trailer. In case you haven't yet...

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Memory lane blogfest

Thanks to Vicki Rocho at Rambles & Randomness for hosting today's blogfest! Vicki asked participants to answer the following questions.When did you start your blog?July 12,...

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Get fit while you e-mail!

Good news! Google is coming out with an interactive version of Gmail that will help us all combat writer's butt--at least when we're catching up with correspondence. Check it...

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