poetry in motion
One of my poems is going to be published in Italy in an anthology, and they will send me a copy when it comes out. Go me! Just subbed some erotic poems to Clean Sheets last night. A verdict will take six weeks. The reason I’m doing it is that I can’t place fiction without [...]
Help me out?
So I have an uber-talented web designer working on a concept for my site and she’s offered me three great templates, but I don’t know which one I like better. They all have something to recommend them or I wouldn’t be dithering. For the record, I write sexy romantic comedies. There’s a significant amount of [...]
Reading and writing (la Nora)
I just finished reading the Key trilogy by Nora Roberts. I literally had to finish the last book before I could go back to working on my own stuff, some that has never happened before. As regards my writing, I tend to be pretty obsessive, like to the point of forgetting to eat or sleep [...]
Daisy, redux.
Need I say more, really?
Pretty in Pink and Upsy-Daisy
Today, I depart completely from writing-related posts. There have been two events today that must be announced to the blogosphere immediately. First (but not most important) I am the proud owner of a new pink chocolate phone. If you haven’t seen one of these, they are hella cool. It’s a phone, camera and MP3 player [...]
Do you care?
On Smart Bitches, they posted about this article in Publisher’s Weekly. Apparently Genesis Books, the largest privately owned publisher of African American books has been screwing over its authors, not paying royalties or issuing 1099s for a while because writers were afraid to speak out. The owner is a powerful attorney with friends who are [...]
Heroes
Today I want to open up a discussion on the three(?) different types of heroes. Mind you, the meta-class is much different than the eight archetypes. I may discuss those another day. First let me present some accepted basic definitions. Alpha Heroes He has to be successful- a man of achievement. Independent. A ruler – [...]
Talk like a pirate day
Arrr, as today is Talk Like a Pirate Day, I wanted t’ gi’e ye all some links t’plunder. Enjoy, gar! Pirate Speak TranslatorWhat’s Your Pirate Name?The Pirate KingShiver Me TimbersPirates of the Spanish Main Aye, that should keep ye scurvy lot arse deep in work for a while! As fer meself: My pirate name is: [...]
Here’s to you.
From Miss Snark: Yesterday, some poor nitwit asked her blog readers to lobby an editor about the partial she’d just submitted. Seems some newbie has Ms. Genoese reading her partial. In a spasmodic attack of overenthusiasm, she posted her first chapter and asked all her blog readers to visit Ms. Genoese’s blog to tell her [...]
Freegans, part 2 — story seeds
First, the tagline for the premise of Free Lunch. Add one freegan individualist to a corporate tax attorney. Compound with a midnight meeting inside a dumpster, and let the interest accrue. Now a basic definition: freegan [n]a person who consumes food that has been thrown away, especially someone who wants to protect the environment by [...]