Prepping for the A to Z Blogging Challenge

Like so many of the wonderful peoples in blogging land, I’m prepping for the A to Z Blogging Challenge. Last year I swore I would go into it and just make it up as I went along. Because to me, the challenge was coming up with something new every day. If it was...

What do you mean a 2-page synopsis!?!?

I’m writing a synopsis for another novel. I don’t like this bit because how do I sum up a 100,000 word story in 2 page? In a lot of ways for me it’s even more difficult than a query or a pitch. In a query I can pick the very, very core of the story...

TLIF – I Have This Friend…

First – housekeeping. I won’t harrass y’all with my queries any more 🙂 The statician in me sees the trend.Moving on to more important things.I have this friend. She’s smart, sexy, and funny. She’s witty, and frequently seems to have an...

Apathy’s Hero Query Help

Time for me to toss this out to the general public again. I’m trying to polish my query for Apathy’s Hero and I think I’ve been staring at it too long. I know I’m missing something – maybe conflict or motivation or sympathetic characters...

Motivation and Rainbows

I’m not a country music fan. In fact, if I had any ‘metal creed’, I wouldn’t own up to liking this song at all. My playlist is filled mostly with *peeks*…not this kind of music.But a couple of years ago I stumbled on a music video of...

Habits…Not Like Nuns, Like the Other Kind

Human psychology fascinates me. One of the things I wonder is why it’s so easy for us to break good habits and so hard to break the bad ones.First instance. I’ve tried for decades to stop bitig my nails. Yeah, I admit it, I’m a nail biter. I’ve...