Writing romantic scenes are not my forte.  There is a reason why in the Stomp Vs. Romp blog challenge going on right now, I got put on Team Stomp (aka […]

The summer went by quickly– I can hardly believe it’s already the middle of August.  But that’s what happens when you have several deadlines and other projects all coming up […]

I was asked by an aspiring professional writer the other day whether it was all right for her teenage character to be into The Doors, or if that would seem […]

Of late, I’ve developed more empathy for the writers of LOST. Now, mind you, I’ve long been a defender of LOST.  Despite its flaws– which I will discuss at length […]

About a year ago, I was on one panel, and my initial response to a audience member’s question was, “That’s a bad cliché that gets overdone.”   After a bit […]

On one of my panels at ArmadilloCon, the comment was made that “glaciers often honk at the publishing industry to tell it to speed up.”  And it’s true, things don’t […]

In the wake of ArmadilloCon, I’ve naturally been thinking about my own writing, and how I can improve upon it.  I mean, I don’t think you should be running a […]

Now that was very much what I want a con to be like. Maybe it was coming to ArmadilloCon– my hometown con– both with a certain comfort level as well […]

It’s less than twenty-four hours to the ArmadilloCon Writers Workshop, and my to-do list is still pretty huge.  But if you get the chance, come see me this weekend. In […]

ArmadilloCon is next weekend, so between getting ready for that (which includes finalizing Writers’ Workshop work), and the time I need to spend in the word mines, it’s a busy […]