BOOKSIGNINGS: THE DREAM AND THE REALITY |
It all started, as do a lot of stories, in New York City. I was at a conference, and heard that one of my favorite authors, Julie Garwood, was doing a signing at a nearby department store. My friend a...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:11:00 GMT |
WORDS SAY THE DARNEDEST THINGS! |
When Stephen Colbert's wonderful term, "truthiness," was named Word of the Year in 2005, it reminded us that we are being hit from all sides by words and phrases related to technology, politics, movie...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:24:00 GMT |
A NOT-TO-MISS WRITERS CONFERENCE! |
Looking for that perfect holiday present for yourself?Register for the Desert Dreams Conference today. This conference, put on by the Desert Rose Chapter of RWA, has a great reputation and is bound to...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:49:00 GMT |
SMASHING THE GOLDEN COMPASS |
Today I received an email calling for a boycott of the movie, The Golden Compass. This boycott is based on the premise that since the author of the book is an atheist, this movie will turn its viewers...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:49:00 GMT |
CATS! (NOT THE MUSICAL) |
Anyone who thinks all cats are the same has obviously never lived with one. Notice I said "lived with," and not "owned." No one really ever "owns" a cat. Cats are persnickety. (Don't you love that wor...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:53:00 GMT |
WRITING DEADLINES |
SO YOU WANT TO GET PUBLISHED--DEADLINESThere were a lot of things about publishing I didn't know when I first started writing. Unfortunately, because I lacked much pertinent information, it set back m...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:02:00 GMT |
CHOCOLATE AND WRITERS |
CHOCOLATE FOR THE WRITER'S SOULIn the 1967 movie The Graduate, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) is given a single word as career advice, "Plastics." As a professional writer, I also have a single wo...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:27:00 GMT |
