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I'm willing to overlook the fact that polar bears and penguins don't live in the same hemisphere, because this made me laugh extr...
Friday, November 30, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Happy Election Day!
It's finally here. After all the ads and posters and enough mailers to wallpaper my entire house...TWICE! Election day is finally upo...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
What Scares You?
So in honor of the freakiest holiday on the planet, there’s a lot of “What Scares You?” stuff floating around on the interweb. (Oooh...
Friday, October 12, 2012
Friday Funnies- Squirrel!
So you'll notice that the Friday Funny isn't cat-related today....see I CAN take criticism. Oh ye doubters take heed.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Banned Books Week-Celebrate the Freedom to Read
Censorship is an issue near and dear to my heart. That's why I am always so happy when Banned Books Week rolls around. Literary rebe...
Friday, September 28, 2012
Friday Funnies- Doom
And yes, I realize that I have A LOT of cat-related Friday Funnies. I'm not sure whether this is largely because cats are intrinsica...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
YA Highway Road Trip Wednesday-No New Tails to Tell (Bad pun I know)
Fables |
Fairy Tales |
Hans Christian Andersen |
Road Trip Wednesday |
The Little Mermaid |
twisted fairy tales |
writer's road trip |
YA Highway
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This week’s topic: What tale or fable would you like to see a retelling of? I love this topic, because there is one in particul...
Monday, September 17, 2012
Ode to Weird or How to Use Your Weird for Good
Gift from the IPod gods: Hoot by Okay- "I don't give a hoot no more...I could be home asleep with my lover, I could be home fee...
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Friday Funnies!
Apparently, you don't deserve to read a Mystery Book unless you can first solve the mystery as to where they might be hiding. Elem...
Friday, August 31, 2012
The Third Rule of Fight Club- Or How to Beat Up Your Other Personalities
book marketing |
fight club |
marketing for writers |
multiple personality disorder |
social media |
social media overload |
web presence
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Gift from the iPod gods: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-Beat the Devil’s Tattoo (And yes, you should…Go Do That, I’ll wa it.) The F...
Friday, August 24, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
WriteOnCon Wrap Up
Last year I was a passive, though thoroughly enthralled, voyeur in all the awesomeness that is WriteOnCon. This year I was persuaded...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Not All Side Effects Are Bad
critique partners |
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
johhny depp |
side effects funny |
things you should know before becoming a writer |
twitter side effects |
writing |
writing side effects
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Those pharmaceutical commercials always crack me up. “Ask your doctor about Zooprexia.” Which is inevitably followed by… “Zooprexia...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Write What’s In Your Blood
Bill Hicks |
write better |
write from your blood |
write from your soul |
write what you know |
writing advice
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Gift from the iPod gods- An entire hour of Black Keys. Apparently, "random" isn't random if you accidentally hit the "Art...
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The Machine Stops
book publishing |
City of Lost Children |
E.M. Forster |
social networking |
the machine stops |
writing |
writing platform
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Gift from the iPod gods this morning- Heart of Darkness by Sparklehorse (one of my all-time favorite bands that no one has ever heard ...
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Happy Ides of March!
Okay, so the Friday Funnies are a little early today, because I can't let the Ides of March pass without recognizing it. And yes, ...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Mic Check- This Week’s Highlights from Around the Web
Kristin Nelson of Nelson Literary has a great series of blogposts on the demise of Dorchester and what happens to authors when their ...
Friday, March 2, 2012
Friday Funnies- Fiction vs. Non Fiction is a Matter of Perspective
Fiction vs. Non Fiction is a matter of perspective. Some of us were very disappointed that How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb was not a ...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
This Book Should Come With A Warning
It happened to me again last night. I found a great book online and downloaded the sample to my Kindle. Loved the sample. It made m...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Love Clichés for Valentine’s Day
Oh wait, no I don’t. And what’s more, literary agents, editors and readers loathe clichés. They get bored. And boredom is definitely som...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The Idea Factory
“Where do your ideas come from?” Believe it or not, I get asked this question a lot. And it never ceases to baffle me. I am usually sw...
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Happy New Year
A New Year is so full of promise. It’s all shiny and brilliant and just begging for a huge new ‘to do’ list. Since building my own elec...
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