A childhood accident left Emmaline vulnerable to disturbing fugue states that last only minutes, but feel like an eternity. The blackouts are unsettling but manageable…until she meets Johnny Dellasandro. The reclusive painter gained notoriety in the ’70s for his debauched lifestyle and raunchy art films. His naked body has achieved cult status, especially in Emm’s [...]

Actually, my whole house is pretty dirty, but I’ve been writing. The day is gray and I’m unmotivated to do anything, anyway. Well, eat chocolate. I feel like taking a shower, not because I need one (I took one this morning) but because getting in under the hot running water sounds sooooooo appealing. I feel [...]

Well, I cleaned off my desk today, and let me tell you something. It always takes a really long time. I also did laundry, and that takes a long time, too! Which makes my eyes all squinty, the laundry and the cleaning. I also edited a Spice Brief called The Experiment and sent that off [...]

So, my friend Jen recently introduced me to this song: Amazon.com Widgets buy from itunes here: iTunes tells me I’ve listened to it 110 times (not counting when I listened in my car or the 10 times I listened on my iPod this morning while I took notes for Collide.) This song is everything that [...]

It’s the tick-tick-tock of the countdown. I have 45 minutes until Spawn2 gets on the bus. And I will be. Alone. Blessedly, quietly, silently, caffeinated, house-a-wreck, laundry-looming…ALONE. If you could see my face it would be smiling. So, what am I going to do on my glorious, glorious first day alone after what seemed like [...]

I just like saying that. So, got a cold. Went to bed last night at about 7 pm. Problem with that is, by the time I feel asleep, I’d slept for two hours and then woke up and it was only 10:43 pm and I couldn’t fall back to sleep, thus meaning I stayed awake [...]

Wow, holiday schedules are a beyotch. Kids off from school, travelling, cooking, not writing…I’m all discombobulated and I still have a kid at home today. And tomorrow. OY. So, before I go take a shower and get started on the day, here is a blog post to get me situated back in the reality of [...]

…it’s bigger on the inside. Writing, writing, writing on Collide. Got a little stuck, but now I’m moving forward again. Of course have to cut off early today for family duties. *shakes fist* Oh, and hungry. So, so hungry. *shakes fist* You wanna see how real life and fiction collide? (haha, get it?) lines of [...]

I was dead this morning when I woke up. Dead tired, that is. But now it’s nearly midnight, I’m getting up in four hours for the meteor shower, I know that my real getting up time won’t be much later after that, and I know I’ll be a zombie again in the morning. But right [...]

Still hoping to hit my 20 pages today. Five more to go, and it’s bed time. But I’ll try, because I love this story, and I work better at night. I just do. Lines of the day: Johnny shrugged. “Coupla hours? I gotta tell you, Em, I figured you’d disappeared again, just run off. But [...]