I’m putting in a plug for The Practice Room today – which is a group writing session set up by Tina Laurel Lee. If you haven’t heard of The Practice Room, you can check it out in detail here. But basically, a team of hosts – Tina Laurel Lee, Marisa Hopkins,...
A week ago, I attended the launch party for K.M. Walton’s debut novel, CRACKED at the Chester County Book Company. It was so fabulously successful it took me two hours to see Kate herself and have my book signed!But no worries! Waiting is not a...
Yes, it is. But I accept that.If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the past couple years of writing, it’s that my first draft is usually a rambling, maze-like monstrosity. Kind of like the Winchester Mystery House in California.According to legend, Sarah...
Last year, I joined a number of writers in Resolution 2011 – Write Every Day or Pay. For every day I didn’t write in the year of 2011, I would donate $1 to the charity of my choice. (I chose Joy2theWorld, an organization that supports women in Ghana.)Making this...
The final First Impressions post for the month of January comes with this lovely picture. Yikes! I swear I screeched when I opened the file!This untitled YA is Heather Day Gilbert’s NaNo project. It’s not finished, but she says she might follow up on it if it...
