Saturday Six

Thing the first. Law school crunch time is wreaking havoc with my writing time. Lucky I wrote a lot at the beginning of the semester. One strange thing I’ve noticed, though, is that while studying I get a bunch of ideas for new books. I’m sure it’s my pesky subconcious’s means of procrastinating, but hey, [...]

Friday Five

 
My Friday Five is short this week but a couple points carry a lot of Pow! So Happy Friday, y’all. 
 
1. The Fabulous Gretchen McNeil was mentioned today on Nathan Bransford’s blog. Very cool. Y’all will want to check out her interview with Tina Wexler. 
2. Fellow Purgatorian Kari Stewart got her first book deal this week. [...]

Saturday Six

 
Shelli so kindly pointed out that when I forget to post the Friday Five I could do a Saturday Six. Of course, that requires a whole extra point to think of, but I guess I’ll just consider that incentive to remember next time. Right?
1. 70 pages written out of a 75 page proposal. Good news: [...]

2008 Wrap Up

I was checkin’ out Shelli’s blog the other day and really liked her review of her life in 2008. Since so much has happened in my writing (and personal) life this year, I thought it’d be nice to look back.
So here we go…
-Graduated a semester early to focus on writing
-Researched industry, tried to figure out what [...]

But What if It Does?

What if it doesn’t sell? What if it doesn’t sell? What if it doesn’t sell? What if it doesn’t sell? What if it doesn’t sell?
Like that stream of consciousness?? James Joyce, I’m coming for you.
But, seriously, I think that…a lot.
Not because I’m a Negative Nancy or anything. It’s more a prepare for the worst type [...]

That’s Right, I Blog

These days everybody and their mother has a blog, right? I even saw someone’s signature over at AW that read, “A writer with a blog–how original.”
I’ve never had a complex about starting a blog. It seemed a natural and professional step to take in my writing career and so here we are.
What I do have [...]

Topical Tuesday: “When I was a young writer, I walked ten miles in the snow. Uphill. Both ways.”

In general I’ve found writers to be the most supportive bunch. Just today, Nate was searching through the comments on my blog and was shocked at how kind everyone was. He was like, “Doesn’t anyone want you to fail!?” And I said,  “Nope, don’t think so.”
I love that. But there does seem to be a different [...]

Topical Tuesday: The Publishing Lottery

A recent Absolute Write thread entitled “I’ve had it with this B.S.” sparked a good deal of debate over at the forums.
The original poster had no doubt gulped a spoonful of bitter and opted to spew the bad aftertaste onto the rest of the writing community. But lest we all decide to prescribe to his new brand of [...]

Hold The Phone, I Got The Call

Hi. What are y’all up to? Nothing? Oh ok. How was your day? Mine was good…Oh yeah, an agent offered.
Wait, what?
Oh yeah, an agent offered.
 
YES! I GOT THE CALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean OMYGOODNESS I GOT THE CALL!!!
 
I got an offer of representation! Could I BE any happier? (Yes, I’m channeling Chandler Bing now and I don’t care.)
So, yesterday [...]

Interview: Cyn Balog, Author of Fairy Lust

Today, I’m so pleased to have Cyn Balog chat with us. She’s the author of the forthcoming Fairy Lust (Delacorte, 2009). She’s a fellow frequenter of both the Blue Boards and Absolute Write, so be sure to support her win her book hits the shelves. To whet your appetite, here’s a bit about her novel:
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