In case you didn’t know already: I’m pregnant! After a rough first trimester and to celebrate my return from The Nefarious Kingdom of Nausea and Exhaustion, I’ve put together a list of ten things that, if they didn’t surprise me entirely over the last few months, at least caused my expectations (expectations, get it? ha ha) to morph into something unrecognizable pretty much overnight….
Last week, I promised you some more updatingness of the goings-on in my neck of the blogging woods. This post falls into that category, because it concerns a novel that I recently helped edit: Into the Flames by Jessie Sanders. This young adult novel is suspenseful story of Rahab Carmichael, whose unusual powers keep her from fitting in — and send her right into the arms of the other “freaks” at school….
Hello, my lovelies! It’s been awhile since you’ve seen me around here regularly. I know, sweet things, I’ve missed you, too. Just a brief update: Pregnancy is going well, and Week 15 begins tomorrow. Nausea is receding, and energy is returning. Can I get a hallelujah?! It feels soooooo good to be back among the …
Without the tearing-up of your work via an editor, you will never know how to write well.
Why not?
Well, let’s talk about it…
If you enjoy young adult fiction and / or spy fiction, come check out my friend Joshua Unruh’s fabulous debut novel “TEEN Agents in The Plundered Parent Protocol!”
So, the other day, the husband and I had this thing about mismatched socks….
Have you heard of SOPA and PIPA? SOPA and PIPA are bills that might soon be passed in the United States that give the U.S. government a stranglehold on…you. And me. And every single other person in the world who does what I’m doing right now….
This morning, my friend Josh texted me a link to a blogpost by one Dave Dorman. In his article, Mr. Dorman expresses his disapproval of a new comic called Saga, allegedly being marketed to kids. Mr. Dorman finds Saga offensive because….
On New Year’s Eve, I got together with some nerdy friends. We played a language game and rewrote history. Thomas Jefferson and Marie Antoinette do make a handsome couple….
I’m editing my way through what I’ve got so far of my low sci-fi Elevator People (working title), and I just found this gem, and I absolutely must share it with you. If you are weak of stomach or faint of heart, please don’t test your fortitude on this. I take no responsibility for any hypnotized gazing or eyeball out-gouging. Continue reading at your own risk. Here goes….