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 [...]

Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner

Thanks everyone who participated in the blog scavenger hunt. Sorry it took me a bit with the move and all to get the results, but I’ve got ‘em and I wanna share ‘em.
The two automatic winners are Jay and GypsyScarlett. They completed the blog scavenger hunt with lightening speed and I can’t wait to send [...]

Book Review: The Gargoyle

 
“Marianne Engel is a beautiful sculptress of gargoyles who appears in the burn unit one day and tells the narrator of this mesmerizing tale that they were lovers in medieval times, when she was a scribe and he was a mercenary. Is she simply mad? Or is she truly the angle of mercy who will [...]

Friday Forecast: Hedge Your Bets

So, unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple weeks—or just don’t follow publishing news—J.K. Rowling is set to publish The Tales of the Beedle and the Bard for charity.
I am a huge Harry Potter fan, but I gotta tell ya, I’m not about to run out and buy this. Even if it is [...]

The Writing Olympics

The Olympics start in a couple days and I got to thinking: Wouldn’t it be cool if we had Olympics for writers?
I mean, especially if it was for amateurs only like back in the day.
What would The Writing Olympics be like?
1. You think the Opening ceremony is long now? At The Writing Olympics the ceremony [...]

Topical Tuesday: Move Over Miss Snark

If I were a literary agent I’d wear six inch stilettos, don a sexy pair of designer glasses, and keep my Amazon Kindle peeking out of my hot pink Kate Spade at all times.
I’d keep a blog that kept thousands of writers hanging on my every last word, even if just mentioning the song playing on [...]

The Hunt is On

To begin with, I’d like to answer a few questions that may arise.
What the heck is this?  A blog scavenger hunt.
Why do I have to do it?  To win advance copies of Andrew Davidson’s The Gargoyle. But also because it will make me happy.
When is it due?  Well, that makes it sound like homework. And blog [...]

Fun Giveaways!

The winners of The Magic Thief are…………………………….
Alyssa, Bobby, and Georgie B!
Nate is angry that his manly charms got him no books, but I’ll let him pout in the corner for now.
Thanks for commenting, everybody! And I’ll email you all to get the address where I can send your book.
 
Now, we are on to our Gargoyle week!!! [...]

Preteens know how to Partaaaaay

Since it *was* the event of the decade and all, I wanted to give y’all a little rundown of the Breaking Dawn Release Party held this past Friday night.
Nate and I showed up at the Bethesda Barnes and Noble around 10:15 PM on Friday after having stuffed our faces with sushi and milkshakes. (In case you’re [...]

Say What?: How Dialogue Can Keep Your Readers Sane

“You know, fellow blog reader, Chandler’s blog is beginning to read a lot like a monologue. She keeps talking and talking and talking-”
“I know what you mean! It’s like she can’t shut up. You’d think she believes she owns Fumbling with Fiction or something.”
“Yeah, like yesterday, she wrote two posts. Two posts! How could one person have [...]