What’s Happening

 
I felt a little guilty titling this post the usual “Weekday Warrioring” with all these nanoers around putting in real words and real time. Honestly, I barely have a moment for writing work beyond studying for finals right now.
I did talk to my agent recently, though, so I have that to report. I was fortunate [...]

Make-A-Fan Monday: Flux Books

Today I’m making you a fan of…Flux Books!
Reasons Why You Should Love Flux: To me, Flux strikes me as one of the more innovative Teen Imprints out there. It’s an independent publisher, catering exclusively to teens. Not middle grade, not picture book, not the broad umbrella of children’s lit. Just straight YA. As a result, [...]

Make-a-Fan Monday: Working Partners

 
Today I’m making you a fan of…Working Partners, Ltd.
What is Working Partners? Recently, the company seems to have blossomed into an umbrella for several different companies. But, I first learned of Working Partners as a children’s fiction book packager. You might be wondering what the heck a book packager is. Well, essentially, a publisher may [...]

New Blog Schedule

I haven’t blogged for an entire week! That’s the longest I’ve gone without posting and yes, it makes me sad. But I’ve been putting in honest work, I swear. One bit of work has been blog pondering. Yes, blog pondering.
When Fumbling with Fiction first began, I had a schedule that I kept to. Those were [...]

Author Interview: Heather Hollick, Pendragon’s Banner

Camelot is less a romantic kingdom than a lusty and fragmented realm in this spirited retelling of Arthurian legend, the second novel in Hollick’s trilogy. Over the years, Arthur Pendragon and Gwenhwyfar have accumulated a vast array of estranged relatives, rivals and half-mad adversaries. Among the most formidable of their enemies are Winifred, Arthur’s embittered [...]

First Line Followup

Man, there is a lot of love for Jane Austen out there, huh? She seems to have the first line to end all first lines. But my favorite line actually comes from Ingrid Law’s Savvy. It goes:
“When my brother Fish turned Thirteen, we moved to the deepest part of inland because of the hurricane and, [...]

Review in Questions: God is an Englishman by R. F. Delderfield

This bestselling novel set in the ruthless world of Victorian commerce follows the fortunes of Adam Swann, a scion of an Army family and veteran of campaigns in the Crimea and in India, in his quest to found his own financial dynasty. His struggle to succeed and his conquest of Henrietta, the spirited daughter of [...]

Personal Development for the Purposeful Writer

Frequenting writing forums I notice that there are various types of aspiring authors. There are some writers who you know aren’t quite there yet, but are working so hard at listening to those more experienced and at learning. Whenever I run into those, I feel like I am certain they will make it. Then, there [...]

My Dog Ate My Homework

My last post (below), got deleted somehow as you can see. Not sure how that happened. Somewhere between pushing “Publish” and viewing the page, it disappeared. It took me a long time, too! So now I’m very angry and sad and mad at wordpress. And y’all will be stuck with a short easy post about….hmmm….thoughts [...]

Rock of Love: Literary Edition