I’m not actually talking about playing the Sims 3 or watching Joe Dallesandro movies or having a Supernatural marathon. (Though all of those things are OFTEN better than doing just about anything!) No, I’m talking about the times when your brain is working and working, but you’re not actually, you know. WRITING. I’m a big [...]
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This photo was sent by my aunt to my mother. The theater’s in NorthWestern PA.
Exercised, which was good. Made coffee in my new maker, to replace the one that broke. Also good. Wrote! Very good! But didn’t write enough. Was stalled a little bit. Sort of playing around with where the story’s going, what it wants to be…this one has no contract or deadline and I have the tiniest [...]
Ok, so I’m here at home, typing away, typing away, when the phone rings. Caller ID tells me it’s my health insurance company calling. I almost don’t answer because what on earth could THEY want, but then I recall the ridiculous expense I just incurred for a test that ultimately turned out to be NOTHING [...]
Okay, so all of a sudden, print publishing is circling the drain, right? Ebooks are taking over, thus creating the demise of foine lit-ra-chur as we know it. Right? Ummm….wrong. Look. I’ve been digitally published since we called it e-publishing. Waaaaaay back when in oh…2001? 2002? Somewhere around there, and I wasn’t even in the [...]
Last night I went to our local county fair. No cheap expenditure, let me assure you, the fair is BIG TIME DOINGS. I forgot my wallet and had to take money from the ATM, and I believe we spent every single cent. We had pit beef sandwiches and milkshakes. Not even any fries! But the [...]
So this morning I was dreaming about Stephen Moyer, aka Bill Compton of True Blood fame. I like TB Bill better than I like books Bill. Anyway, I was dreaming I was in my house (not my real house) and the roof had been torn off the attic bedroom by Lorena (Bill’s creator) in a [...]
Ann Aguirre, Megan Hart, Victoria Dahl, Lauren Dane, Gennita Low, Laura Bradford
Wednesday: up at 3:15, on the road by 4 am, got the train at 5:10 am. Got to Philly by 7 am (ish, it’s a blur at this point). Caught my first flight to Chicago at 10:30 am. Layover. Flight to Columbus arrived on time at 2:55. Met up with my friend Jen and much [...]
While looking for something else in an old folder I found a poem I wrote in high school, and I would like to share it with you today. * * * * * * * Dawn breaks over the hills like a sword slicing through veal A slice slips down, sliding down veal cutlet Is [...]




