Category Archives: writing

Y’all know I don’t cross link between my real name and this blog and I much prefer to keep them fairly separate. But I accept that one day someone may blow that out of the water and there will be … Continue reading →

So although I went to a school for nerds and was not ostracized or anything, I still was not at the top rung of cool even for such a group. I simply didn’t have the insight or the tools to … Continue reading →

My camera will definitely be sorted out tomorrow as I have to download Jeremy Northam pictures for work. Tonight I remain lazy. I’m going to toot my own horn here. When the possibility of covering this particular interview came up … Continue reading →

Work is sucking up most of my brain right now. We launched! I have to make things happen! Suddenly my phone is ringing off the hook! It’s gift guide season and the PR people are after me! I’m having a … Continue reading →

Someday really I will put my database-savvy husband on uploading my too-many-megs d-x archives. Really. But meanwhile I will just have to tell you that in the summer of 2004, people may remember, I attended a seriously amazing week-long workshop … Continue reading →

It’s the Harry Potter weekend here: Carl and I are going to see the movie (gasp) in a couple hrs (gasp) on a date (gasp) without babe (gasp).  First movie I’ve seen in a theatre since Noah outgrew Movies for Mommies … Continue reading →

So, I set this goal for myself of writing X pieces a year of which I can be proud.  Not perfect pieces because that would be like locking handcuffs around my hands and I would never ever finish them (cf. … Continue reading →

Grr, another rejection slip in the mail for my weird little ghost story.  I’m having a crisis of faith when it comes to fiction writing; this almost always happens when I haven’t actually been writing, but the friendly little letter … Continue reading →

So I’ve spent what? 6 or 7 years – on and off – working on this first (second, but for all purposes first) novel, which has evolved and all this shit and I am really really close to finishing it. … Continue reading →