I wasn’t going to ask

I wasn’t going to ask, really. I was studiously ignoring Miss B while she tromped through the house at the behest of her brother, returning outside with overly large cups of water. No, I told myself, I’ll just pretend I’m not seeing that. It’s what I do sometimes to keep my sanity.
Alas, curiosity got the [...]

The obligatory Golden Heart score post

If you enter the Golden Heart, and have a blog, then you’re pretty much obligated to blog about your Golden Heart scores. Can I say that I’m a wee bit psyched that this will be my last Golden Heart post, ever? (The Golden Heart is for writers not published in novel-length fiction).
Your manuscript is read [...]

This is crazy

This is crazy. This is also our backyard, as seen from the deck. Today.

To quote Miss B: “When is spring coming?”
If you need me, I’ll be hibernating.
 

The secret life of Miss B

The Marvelous Miss B made a startling announcement the other day: she no longer likes Disney Princesses.
I know! Shocking. Although she amended that. She likes Jasmine and Mulan, but that’s it.
Her new aspiration is to be a teenager. This is far better than being a princess. The evidence:
As a teenager, she is in charge of [...]

Me at 35,000

Your Personality at 35,000 Says…

Deep down, you prefer spending time alone to spending time with others. You enjoy thinking more than talking.

So true.

You don’t spend much time thinking about your place in the world. You are who you are – and people can just deal with that!

Yeah. Just deal.
 
Your gift is having a way with [...]

I don’t talk about it that much

So, the other day, the Marvelous Miss B pulled out some paper, arranged herself on the floor, and pulled out a pen (one of my Uni-ball Vision Elites). Then, ankles crossed, she started writing. Here’s what she said about that:
“I’m writing this book for my agent. My agent looooves this book.”
Uh, I don’t talk about [...]

Only a writer would think this

So yesterday, thanks to rain and traffic, I ran out of audio book during my commute. I was, tragically, reduced to listening to drive-time radio. You know something’s out of whack when you voluntarily channel surf to Radio Disney because, you know, they might be playing something better.
And is it possible for a station to [...]

You can feel the (micro) tension

I’m blogging today over at the Wet Noodle Posse blog, on micro tension ala Donald Maass and Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook. So far, I appear to be one of the few people on the planet who prints out her manuscript multiple times to edit. I’m beginning to think there’s something wrong with me.

Lush (green, electronic) life

So, some people celebrate a sale with champagne and dinner out (well, we did go to Stinky Feet Burger King play place). We celebrate with small, electronic devices:

This is the Eee PC. Very small. Very light. And yes, I did ask for the “lush green” version. I was thinking maybe the blush pink, but Kyra [...]

Where I’m at

Sitting on the bleachers at our local high school gymnasium, waiting for the district-wide orchestra concert to start and surfing the ‘net on my Eee PC. No, I won’t actually surf during the concert, but last year we waited, and waited, and waited for it to start.
This year, we decided to tag team it since [...]