Archive for November, 2006
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Well, not quite. I’m going away for the weekend. I’m a self-proclaimed hermit, so this is a huge deal. I’m getting out of my house, away from my husband and wonderful children, for 48 entire hours.
Although I’m looking forward to it, I’m also terrified. I’m spending the entire weekend with some of the women of [...]
Let’s talk about tacky
tack-y [tak-ee] adjective Southern slang for, oh no she/he/you didn’t!
Tacky is a word I use a lot in conversation, but not so much in writing. It loses much in translation (ie written instead of spoken complete with hand gestures and that look of wow you’re dumb that generally accompanies it). I tend to skip [...]
The music in my life.
There has always been music in my life. My father played the cello. He therefore insisted that, at a very young age, I start taking lessons. I played the piano for a while. I started Suzuki method lessons on the viola when I was five.
Yes, the viola. Dad didn’t want me to play the [...]
Did she just say that?
I came to a conclusion on Friday. And this somewhat follows up with last weeks post about my virtual social life. I’m not really sure I should be allowed out in public with non-writers.
You see I went to a friend’s bridal shower on Friday night. And already I wasn’t sure how I felt about going, [...]
Local Conferences
This past weekend, I joined my local RWA (Romance Writers of America) chapter. Cool, right? I’m pretty excited about it. These ladies (if there are gents, they skipped this meeting) are really nice and very helpful.
Now, one of the things they spend some time talking about is their upcoming conference. Now, the only conference I’ve [...]
I’ve Been Invaded
By family…and books (I*ll get to that later), which has caused me to be a total slacker with my writing. And since I signed up to do NaNo…this is NOT a good thing. The first few days I was going strong, doing the required word count, plus a little more. But then, my husband*s sister [...]
Is an R&R an R?
R&R-not, in this case, Rest and Relaxation, but Revise and Resubmit.
I’ve discussed argued this with other writers this week, because most of them disagree with me. But to me, an R&R is still an R. Sure, it’s a lot nicer, and has extra padding so it doesn’t hurt as much, but, if I’m not walking [...]
It’s All About the Sacrifice
I’ve seen a lot on time management and jealousy on the blogs lately. Odd combination to put together, you think? Probably, but it got me to thinking about what we sacrifice to succeed as writers. In my case that’s time, money, and friends.
Time is easily explained. We’re all busy. Between kids, house stuff, and [...]
The Really Bad Boys
We like to talk about heroes, and what qualities it takes to make a good man.
We talk about heroines and how to keep them from being whiny and TSTL.
Let’s talk about villains!
What do you think makes a good villain? Is there such a thing as a “good” villain, really? Do you ever read about [...]
Virtually priceless friends
So I was talking to my friend Lillian Fiesty the other day. And we were talking about life and friends. And how important–and not just addictive–yahoo messenger is. And I think we both came to a realization, one we kind of laughed at, but is pretty much true.
Here was the realization. The majority of my [...]
