In case you missed it, yesterday’s post was a contest. Guest blogger and author Christina Katz posted about why one should write a book, and she asked readers to comment on why they wanted to write a book. All commenters on that post were eligible for a drawing. The winner, by random drawing, is Erin [...]
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Last spring, I invested part of my tax refund in a class called Writing and Publishing the Short Stuff (especially for moms), because I am a mom, and I wanted to get published. The instructor was Christina Katz (who continues to teach this class). Before the class was even over I’d sold my first piece [...]
Today we have a guest! It’s J.A. Konrath (Joe), author of soon-to-be-released horror novel Afraid and of the Lt. Jack Daniels mystery series (Whiskey Sour, Bloody Mary, etc.). Joe is on a blog book tour to promote Afraid, which I’m looking forward to reading. Here’s a blurb from Joe’s newsletter: Welcome to Safe Haven, Wisconsin. [...]
I usually stay away from blog gimmicks that are designed to increase traffic. I don’t do those 25-things-type memes (which have been around for several years; I used to have a text widget on my blog stating “I don’t do memes”). I’m not interested in blog carnivals — I barely understand them anyway. But I [...]
I don’t regularly keep a private journal. Oh, sometimes I’ll write out a tangle of thoughts and feelings that won’t let go of me, and sometimes that is helpful. Other times, the self-examination exacerbates my anger or self-loathing to the point where I have to rip up or delete the pages. And that idiotic stuff [...]
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Happy New Year! I’ve been reading feeds on Google Reader, and everyone’s got either a Year in Review post or a New Year’s Resolutions/Goals post (or sometimes both). I don’t have one for you. I’m pretty satisfied with how 2008 went. I’m looking forward to 2009. I don’t have specific goals, though. I mentioned to [...]
Posted on December 02nd, 2008 in Writing
Just wanted to quickly link you up to a couple of writer-mamas I admire (P.S. There are many others whom I admire, even though you’re not mentioned here!). AmberDawn McCall is pretty new to blogging, but she’s got an excellent entry up about Elimination Communication, which means teaching your baby to use the potty even [...]
Posted on November 25th, 2008 in Writing
I have to admit now that I will not be a NaNoWriMo winner this year. Again. I hate admitting that, both because I really did want to do it, and because I was quite vocal about NaNoWriMo on Twitter. Actually, I admitted to myself a couple of weeks ago that it just wasn’t happening. It’s [...]
