Oh how I love thee, Charlotte. From her preface to the 1850 edition of Wuthering Heights. This bringing out of our little book was hard work. As was to be expected, neither we nor our poems were at…Read More
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Obsession
My latest obsession is the Avon FanLit contest. The “American Idol” of romance writing keeps me up into the wee hours voting and reading the forums. I may even post a chapter, even though I don’t write Regency.…Read More
Hot Blooded (check it and see)
I’m not sure if my fever ever got up to 103, but I’ve been sick, sick, sick. China finally got to me. More specifically, traveling by bus and train to remote parts of Guizhou province got me. First…Read More
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Wow long time between posts. But I think moving to China is a good excuse. I’ve decided all my entries will have song titles, since I was leaning that way already with the Madonna and Zappa references. This…Read More
Secretary
Just this. Offices. May they rest in peace. Far, far away from me.
Sister Time
I’m going to San Francisco for some r&r this weekend. Absolutely no writing or worrying about agents allowed. It’s my sister’s bday and we’re going to be girly girls together–that’s right–sushi, good chocolate, sappy musicals, cutting each other’s…Read More
Red Velvet
This pic was taken while we were gluing the flocked wallpaper to my business cards. The designer showed me five different card treatments, but I immediately knew it had to be the hand. It just says it all.…Read More
Justify My Love
I’m playing the waiting game. It’s ever so much fun. I’ll post news (of agents? deals? heartache? blues?) when I receive any. In the meantime I’m still here at this silly desk job for two more weeks, although…Read More
Pruning
I suffer from verbosity. Here’s an ironic example, an actual line from Confessions: She tried to prune her words to a bare minimum–the sooner he tired of her dull company, the sooner she could escape the disturbing intensity…Read More
First Base
Where do I start? The conference was a stomach-churning, nail-biting, delirium-inducing whirlwind of sheer amazingness. I got requests from everyone I pitched to (seven total), which makes me very, very happy. I’m going to take a week to…Read More
