May start
Had a grand walk this morning with the fog beginning to lift off the trees and sun breaking through. Husband was quiet, I was too, a few regrets for the pillows still hanging on like the mist. But it’s...
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I’ve had the rewarding experience of working with two editors, Aviva Layton and Toni Lopopolo. My first experience was with Aviva Layton some years ago and that was the customary situation where I...
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Feeling virtuous today for having finished a full edit. I hit ‘send’ on the manuscript. I’m full of curiosity to see what the publisher’s editor tells me to do, and my firm plan is to be obedient!...
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Spent today at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference having a splendid time listening to some wonderful work and insightful critiques, and meeting up with old friends. I swear I learn more from hearing...
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http://www.sbwriters.com/ I had barely two days at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference because of all the other commitments that came due in my life at this time in the year. I met up with old...
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I received these questions from a fellow author, Eileen Schuh, who wrote Schrödinger’s Cat and THE TRAZ. Check out her link: Magic of the Muses: http://ow.ly/dRLWO What fun giving answers to these...
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gender and identity I’ve always regarded my gender as a pleasant accident even while priding myself on my androgyny. Indeed I have rather avoided participating in ‘women’s’ events. I’ve...
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I’ve been told one of my all-time favorite movies is a bad movie. Maybe it’s true. It all depends on what a person goes to the movie to find. “The Man in the Iron Mask”, with Gabriel Byrne as...
View ArticleAbe, you really shouldn’t have…
I found myself posting a one-line review on Goodreads today. Making a face, possibly embarrassed, I wrote “I had too much fun reading this despite my better judgement… must give it four stars.” What...
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He Pays a Visit
You finish writing a novel, you polish and rewrite, hand it over to your agent and re-polish and rewrite again, pass it on to the editor at the publisher and do that all again, sometimes writing new...
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Chapter Nine: At Beck and Call
I looked down so that she would not see my relief. In her eyes at least I was still Corpsmaster, and by taking the first move, I might have left the others here free. For there was something about...
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Had a grand walk this morning with the fog beginning to lift off the trees and sun breaking through. Husband was quiet, I was too, a few regrets for the pillows still hanging on like the mist. But it’s...
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