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 [...]

PDRNS–What? You’ve Never Heard of It?

Who didn’t play MASH as a kid? If you say you didn’t, I know you’re lying. Unless you’re a boy and, then, I guess you’re off the hook. I used to be obsessed with that game. Didn’t get to play it that often though…being an only child and not liking to play it myself. Always [...]

Topical Tuesday: NaNoWriMo–You in or out?

A few announcements:
SourceBooks has partnered with LibraryThing to provide free downloads of a fantastic story that is currently outselling both Infidel and Reading Lolita In Tehran.
From October 27th – 31st, Dr. Qanta Ahmed’s memoir, In the Land of Invisible Women, will be available for download to any LibraryThing member (membership is free) and it will [...]

Topical Tuesday: It Ain’t Trickin’ If You Got It

Repeat after me.
“I am made of Awesome. I have more breathtaking splendor oozing out my eyeballs than those nasty looking grubs that Bear Grills chomps the heads off have goo. I have remarkable talent, unimpeachable flair for the written word, and goshdarnit people like me.”
Now with conviction, please.
Saundra Mitchell raised an excellent point yesterday in [...]

Getting Graphic

Just wanted to share some news that Saundra Mitchell–who just happens to be the supercool debutante author for next Monday–sent me about a week ago.
This should perk up anyone’s ears who was disappointed by the demise of Minx. And while it doesn’t solve the manga v. American style comics conundrum, it’s certainly still a positive [...]

Here’s A Question for Ya

Hey, y’all, it’s Sunday and with all the craziness that is my life right now (law school smackdown, getting my book ready for submission, working with an artist, keeping up with new friends, getting Nate settled in Austin…) I’ve been using Sunday evenings as a chance to slow down, take a breather, and prepare myself for the [...]

Farewell to Minx

If you havesn’t heard the sad news yet, the DC Comics Minx line went under Thursday. Minx was a line of comics aimed at teen girls. I was personally a fan of several of the Minx graphic novels: Plain Janes, Confessions of a Blabbermouth, Kimmie66. I was shocked–though maybe I shouldn’t have been–to hear the line [...]

Everything I Know In Life, I Learned From Blogging

…Not from Judy Blume.
 
Ok, seriously, wouldn’t that be a sad story? Don’t worry. Before you start thinking I am in serious need of a Mary Poppins outing, there are a few things I learned outside of blogging. Like the fact Pennsylvania is not in New England. Oh, and that Ashlee Simpson is very, very preggers. Not to [...]

Can I Get An Amen?

There’s only one truly awful reason not to write: You’re scared.
But I get it. I do. I was scared to death to write. I thought, Who am I to write a book? More than that, Who am I to even think that I could write a book?
And publishing? Forget it!
But I want to share something that not [...]

Pencil Skirts, Pumps, and Pens–How to See Writing As Business

So I was thinking about the discussion from yesterday…being a young author and all…and I think everyone is right that there is no inherent disadvantage in being young…or old…or in between. However, I do think that as a young person I want to come off as extra professional. I want to be taken seriously, I [...]