Ten Things You Might Not Know About Me (Or Care) |
10) I was born on a military base even though my parents were civilians. The hospital at Moore Army Airfield in Ayer, Massachusetts was the closest one to our little town in 1959, so I was literally "...
Posted by on Sat, 23 May 2009 22:10:00 GMT |
Dream a Twisted Dream of Me |
I've mentioned this in the past, but things seem to move with glacial slowness in this writing gig. That's what makes the occurrence of this past few days so magical. I found out three or four days ag...
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 18:48:00 GMT |
A Violent and Messy Miracle |
I always find it amusing when some well-meaning soul talks about what a beautiful, life-affirming miracle childbirth is. I heard a lot of that stuff a couple of decades ago when my three children were...
Posted by on Sat, 09 May 2009 19:07:00 GMT |
A Little Less Crime and Suspense in the World |
I think most people would agree that the less crime in the world, the better. Suspense might be a different story - everybody likes a little of that, if only to keep life interesting.But for a short s...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 18:59:00 GMT |
We Hate You. And Your Book Sucks, Too |
As my prize for making it into the Quarterfinal round of Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Award contest, co-sponsored by Penguin Books and Publishers Weekly, I was to receive a professional review of my ma...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:50:00 GMT |
Gimme Back My Plot Twist! |
It's not hard to imagine how silly it sounds to most people when I say that sometimes the characters in my stories surprise me with the things they do; in fact, it sounds kind of silly to me right now...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:00:00 GMT |
I'm a Derringer Finalist, I'm a Derringer Finalist...Is There an Echo In Here? |
It never ceases to amaze me how subjective the business of writing is; especially when it comes to the business of fiction writing and getting published, both in the long form and the short form. What...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:36:00 GMT |
Random Thoughts on Bobcats and College |
My middle child is a high school senior, which means she will be going off to college in the fall. She'll be a freshman at Quinnipiac University, and today they held an "Admitted Students Day," which ...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:15:00 GMT |
I'm Going to Hollywood! Sort of.. |
Okay, so there's no shiny stage inside a fancy theatre filled with adoring fans. There's no awesome band. There's no worldwide television audience in the hundreds of millions. There's no witty Ryan Se...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:15:00 GMT |
I'm a Quarterfinalist in Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Award Contest! |
As an aspiring novelist, I've always felt that if I could just get a little exposure for my work, people would enjoy it and want to read more. I'm just guessing here, but I would imagine most writers ...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:11:00 GMT |
