Some of you may have seen this image bouncing around Facebook and Twitter, but I thought it was worth another chuckle. I think I saw some of those z-z-z-z-z’s in the copy edit mark-up of THE CAGED GRAVES! Well, actually, it was a politely worded note in...
Woo-hoo! I am THRILLED to announce that one of my critique partners, Krystalyn Drown has sold a manuscript to Entranced Publishing:We are happy to announce the acquisition of Krystalyn Drown’s YA novel, Spirit World, under our Blush imprint.Awesome news,...
Teaching is sometimes like that game where you throw Velcro balls at a Velcro target. Sometimes the ball sticks, and sometimes it doesn’t. Teaching anythingin the last week of the school year is dicey, and so when I decided to bring The Emotion Thesaurus by...
Last week, I worked through the copy-edits on THE CAGED GRAVES and mailed the manuscript back to the publisher. I know there’s still proof-reading to go, but this is one step closer to FINISHED! It was so exciting to see the book worked over to the point...
Yes, I am blood kin to this face.I know I’m not the only writer who suffers from confidence issues — because I read about this on everybody else’s blog, too. There are times when the path seems too hard, too steep, too twisty, and I don’t feel...