I was asked recently where I find my inspiration. I say recently, as in the past few days I had more than one person ask me that question — but the truth is, I get asked that question a lot. Along with “where do you get your ideas?” Which is sort of, but not quite, [...]

<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> Last week (I think it was last week…oh, how the days blur) on Facebook, my super cybercrush Joe Dallesandro posed an interesting question. Famous or Rich? So I thought about that. Well. First off, rich AND famous might be nice, right? I mean, it would suck to be famous but not rich. On [...]

Had an interesting discussion this past weekend at my super most awesome and amazing writer’s retreat. We were talking about vomiting out the first draft versus revising as we go, and what part of the process we like best. Some of my friends like to spurt out the first draft (ew! gross! But that’s how [...]

Or, as Willy Wonka said, “Strike that. Reverse it.” I’m leaving tomorrow night on the first leg of my journey to the City of Angels, with a stop off first to visit mah bestie, Lauren Dane. I will be a guest at Chez Dane, and I hear I will even have a BED! To sleep [...]

First of all, thanks to everyone who wished me Happy Birthday. It was exciting, turning 40. I mean, it ended up that it was pretty mellow, since I’d had the big party the week before and all, but yesterday was nice. Quiet. Today, it’s back to work. I’m writing a really fun story that will [...]

So. My assignment: revise a partial of a YA novel I wrote a year ago. I didn’t disagree with anything that was suggested, if anything, I was glad to have a focus for revisions. Left to my own devices, I wouldn’t have done any work on that book — too much other stuff to do, [...]

Oy. Last night I dreamed about zombies all night long. All. Night. Long. I dreamed about running away from zombies, I dreamed about having to climb up to high places (you know they can’t climb ladders!) Zombie kids on skateboards. Zombie throngs! Also some other stuff about…something I can’t remember but I’m sure it was [...]

I didn’t exactly take my week “off.” I finished All Fall Down and sent it off, yes indeed, but then I did end up doing a leetle bit of work here and there in between watching Downton Abbey (OMG LOVE) and…well…what the heck DID I do with all that time? Hmmm. I’d be hard pressed [...]

<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> Phew…well, it’s not true. I don’t, really. It’s just EASIER to tweet and update a Facebook status than it is to think of a whole long blog article! That’s the truth, and especially as I’ve been pushing hard to get to the end of the book, my energy has been expended on writing [...]

I’m not sure if it’s cool to say so – I mean, you’re not really supposed to ever admit you favor one child over another even though every parent knows that at least on some days, you totally might. At the very least, you might love all your children equally, but DIFFERENTLY. I guess it’s [...]