“Everyone has talent. What is rare is courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.” –Erica Jong Once upon a time, I got stuck and needed rescuing, and the above quote pulled me up out of the sucking quagmire. *squelches* Now, my darlingest readers, in order to help you understand just …
Hile, my beloved inklings. I hope this finds you in fine fettle and pie. This is yet another post that has gestated long in my Drafts folder. Its conception occurred when I watched the first of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit movies, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and then read John Scalzi’s review of the same. Since …
When it comes to art, even personalities that aren’t perfectionist suddenly descend into weird, nit-picky hangups. “It doesn’t look right.” “It doesn’t look real enough.” The one who never alphabetizes her books will develop a dire need for right angles and even planes. The one who can’t keep his pantry in any semblance of order …
Thanks to the following tweets a while back, this post wrote itself. You’re welcome. Make sure your heroines can’t get taken out by an easy crossbow shot, y’all. __________________ You might also find of interest: Can We Bare It Or Bear It: The Breasts of Superheroines.
This post has been languishing in Drafts for a couple of eternities. I think it began life as a comment I left on someone else’s blog — possibly Chuck Wendig’s. I thought it worth sharing here. What’s the scariest book you ever read? House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski “The Fall of the House …
Today is the last day of National Poetry Month, so I’m finally posting a poem. Better late than never, right? ; ) I wrote this the day after I came upon my Grandpa sitting in his rocking chair in the sun room, peering toward the outside beyond the window, and quietly singing “Amazing Grace” and …
Odd ramblings, dumb huamn tricks, and a novel-writing update! Bazinga!
In case you hadn’t noticed, I’ve been rather absent from my blog for the last two months. This is due to writing, a golden anniversary, and plot-pantsing — which, according to Google, I just made up. BANGERANG. So come find out about that! Also, there’s a blog-hop.
So, I log on to my blog today and find that it’s been over a month since I posted. I blame Bernard Schaffer. Long story VERY short, Bernard issued me a writing challenge, and I am doing my blurglemamjufloobelschnitzenest to face that challenge head-on and blast it into submission. I’ve got two major short stories …
UPDATE: Rethana’s Surrender, Rethana’s Trial, Colors of Deception, Shadows after Midnight, and Stains of Grace are once again live at Amazon. And the reviews for R’S TRIAL and STAINS have transferred. HALLELUJAH! Hopefully, the other books’ reviews will transfer soon. (Draft2Digital has notified me that I shouldn’t be surprised if it takes a week or …