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Writing the somewhat sequel to The Apartment on Parker Street and have a good idea to recycle an old short story, make a few tweaks to dates and add a whole lot to bring it up to novel length, and...
My next step. Is it: To research more of the time period in which my new novel is set? Or To just write a skeleton of said new novel and do most of the research/filling in facts and points of...
Going to the gym is worth it when it makes you walk Manhattan blocks even faster than you normally do en route to the conference. If I had any doubts about my burning desire to be a published...
There is no better early birthday gift than quadrupling your shelf space. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: bookshelves
Putting The Apartment on Parker Street out of my mind for a while and have officially started plotting a new novel. Where could this go? Anywhere. Filed under: Writing Tagged: Novel writing, plot
Laptop Lit Mag has officially published its third issue!! That means twelve amazing new stories and poems that are so excited for you to read them. Yeah, that’s right. Stories and poems can be...
Now that I’ve put the manuscript away for a while and am deciding which idea to turn into a novel next, I think it’s time for another tribute to my best friend Ralph. Seriously, the man knows me so...
Today is 12/12/12. I just wanted to record something on this date. We will not have another same day/month/year combination until the next century. There’s a good chance I won’t be alive then, so I...
You reread a chapter you wrote ages ago where a character dies and your immediate response is to say the prayer for the dead. Oh boy. I mean I know these are not actually people and are only...
Thank you very much for hijacking my personal email account and sending a spam virus to everyone I have in my contacts, and even those who are not in my contacts but fall under the category of...
And can now go back to a life without being bombarded with hateful tv, Internet, and radio ads. Thanks for keeping it classy, candidates. Filed under: Random Thoughts Tagged: election, Obama,...
Omg. Just signed up for NaNoWriMo. I’ve tried for two years and never made it. But I’m going really try to write every day during my lunch break this month. The novel I started is going to be WAY...
As I am editing my query letter and synopsis (OH MY GOD, I’M IN THE FINAL STAGES!!!) before I send them out (OH MY GOD, I’M READY TO SUBMIT) I realized how many words I used that wouldn’t have...
You find years of your life in books. Years. Eight boxes worth. And you can’t bear to part with a single one. Help. Filed under: Uncategorized
I am writing and my hands are covered in ink. I immediately think of the opening scene of Shakespeare in Love. Obviously, I am Shakespeare. Filed under: Random Thoughts Tagged: ink, over...
Now that The Novel is done and I think is in pretty decent editorial shape, it’s time to begin searching for An Agent to whom I must Submit the Manuscript in order to become Published. This...
…when you read the second novel from an author you loved years ago and hate said second novel. Gahahdmrockwndcsndaaa!! I read Anne Easter Smith’s A Rose for the Crown when I was about fifteen and...
English: Fireworks on the Fourth of July, 2009; Happy Birthday America! (Photo credit: Wikipedia) One of the greatest feelings in life springs from seeing physical manifestation of your work. I and...
Woot woot! I’ve reached a milestone in editing what was formerly Ensnared and is now The Apartment on Parker Street. I bumped the 32,000 word novella up to 50,001, granting it official novel...
And I predict that many posts will be made in this fashion from here on out. Just saying. I’m kind of pumped about this new little genius of a gadget. Must go to bed but before I do I must also...
Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Eli Manning, New York Giants, Super Bowl LXVI
Remember LAPTOP LIT MAG is here!! Check it! Also Happy Birthday to my twin younger sibs. 16 today = driving. I’m a little nervous. Yesterday, my former elementary school where my youngest sister...
But I’m over Glee. I think the writing has become corny and preachy. They also have been focusing on characters I dislike – aka Santana and her super bad attitude. Besides they all have great...
I hate politics. To the point that whenever my mother starts talking about them, I leave the room in disgust. Which is why I can’t believe what I’m about to write. But I can’t stand it. I have to...
Dear Friends, Remember all those times I disappeared from the Cyber World for months only to return saying I’m sorry, I don’t have an excuse, please forgive me? Well this time I’m still sorry, but...
I HATE JOURNALISM. There I said it. BOOM! I’m a writer who hates journalism. Shoot me, I don’t care, I’m not the only one. I don’t care about sniffing out the story – I’d rather make up my own...
Many of you know I am fiercely patriotic. I never loved my country more than when I was stuck in Britain courtesy of two inches of snow. I went to the American Embassy in my sorrow just to...
Men who look like this: do exist in real life. I swear they’re not all just on tv. I saw one driving home from work the other day. He was real. I think I feel a story coming on … Filed under:...
My tribute to September 11 comes a few days late. Why? Because by now, three days after the ten-year anniversary, people have gone back to their everyday lives. This is a good thing. Living our...
So I know my last few posts have not necessarily concerned writing per se, and the reason for that being, I have not written much in the past week. I’m working on that, but I’ve been stuck in a bit...
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