Slacker or Slave Driver?

by | Feb 28, 2011 | WIP, writing

My reading on various blogs – and Tweets and FB posts – would suggest that some writers suffer from procrastination. They find it difficult to force themselves to sit down and write, and I remember a time I used to have the same problem.However, in the past year or...

Kindles (and Nooks) Go to School

by | Feb 25, 2011 | Kindle, teaching

Technically, they’re not supposed to be there.Of course, neither are cell phones, and we all know half the students have cell phones in their pockets or their backpacks. I insist my daughters bring their phones to school, in fact, just so we can coordinate after...

Ride in a Riker: The Perfect Automobile

by | Feb 23, 2011 | WIP

Meet the Riker Demi Coach Electric Automobile, which my character Ann Henry drives in my WIP. Awesome, isn’t it?Did you know that electric cars predated gasoline-powered cars, and that if industry had gone a slightly different way, American cars might have been...

Which Way to Go Next?

by | Feb 18, 2011 | revision, WIP, writing

I’m back to pantstering my WIP, my little steampunk attempt — which is turning out to be not so much steampunk as alternative historical fiction, but that’s okay for now. I realize this one is going to go through many drafts before it sees the light of day. And...