Your First Time

Minds out of the gutters, people. This is a writing blog.The universe works in a strange series of conincidences. I’ve been pondering this for a few days now (yes, I actually use words like ‘pondering’ in every-day speech), but unable to put it into...

Compatibility

A month ago I started a new job. This is only my third job in ten years – I was at the last one for three and the previous one for seven. Both jobs had their good points, hence the reason I kept each for so long. But they also both had one distinct disadvantage:...

Blog Hopping

Thanks to Dawn, Tessa, and Mireyah, I’m going to try this blog hopping thing. I definitely like to think most of my writing falls into the fantasy category, and that just happened to be the first featured category. WOOT!As I said yesterday, I’m doing that...

What makes my story different?

I have three novels, each in at least finished first draft form. One of this is about gods and angels. Original, right?I know, not really. I keep hearing things like ‘angels are the new vampires’. I’ve seen proof, too. Every other book I see in the...

Changes Coming…

I am very fortunate to be married to a talented artist. I mean, I’ve seen some stunning work – both digital and hand-drawn – flow from my Sweetie’s fingertips. Which is why, with any luck, this weekend I’m going to get off my ass and...

– The Profession of it All

This is what I’ve been musing over. Critiques, reviews, and opinions. The thought splits in two intertwined directions. As I write this post, I realize it needs to be two posts, so I’m going to do something sneaky. Y’all can read the opinion part of...

The Ambivilence of E-mail

I got lots of e-mail this weekend in my personal mailbox. Lots for me, anyway. I’m used to a message a day – the automated job search from monster.com that I should really turn off because I found a job, but leave on because what if they don’t hire...

Happy Spam!

I really need to figure out where y’all get your pretty images for your blogs. I know how to insert them, just not where to find them 😛 Anyway…today is happy spam day. That’s like Friday, but frosted with awesomeness, and rocking like Pop Rocks....

Good Writers Read

It’s a phrase I’ve heard again and again, and honestly I went through a spell where I didn’t think it was true. Don’t get me wrong – I love to read. Summer vacations when I was in school were spent in the library and checking out 5-10...

The Other Side of the Coin

Last night, for the first time ever in my illustrious (okay, short and spastic) published writing career, I got to approve edits to one of my stories. This isn’t the kind of thing that’s ever kept me awake at night, but I have always wondered what kind of...