Nonny Morgan

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Want To Buy Witty Title

I haven’t lived anywhere near as many different places as some of the Novelty Girls — like, I bet Lori, who used to be in the military, has some great stories. *grins* I’ve lived a total of three places in my admittedly short-in-comparison life: Olympia, Washington (my hometown); Lewisville, Texas; and Sharon, MA.
There’s been very [...]

Separation of “Writing” and “Real Life”?

I was reading an interview with an author earlier, and I got to thinking… many of us bust our butts promoting, holding contests, doing chats, trying to sell our books. I think virtually all of us have a blog (although some like to gather dust… *coughs and glances at the dust bunnies on hers*). We [...]

Writing During the Holidays?

Yeah, it’s that time of year again. Impending doom err, Christmas, within two weeks, and all sorts of stuff to organize and get done. Like, oh, mail out the pressies. (YIKES. >_<)
Some people get into holiday activities more than others, and there’s always those who just say “No” to Christmas (Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Yule, Midwinter, <insert [...]

Where Do The Nay-Sayers Get Off?

Anybody who’s been in a writing community or critique group for any length of time has had to deal with the inevitable people who are more than ready to deliver a swift death to their fellow writers’ dreams. Let’s take a few real life examples here. A friend of mine was working on a vampire [...]

Whee! Holiday post!

Happy Halloween, everyone, and blessed Samhain to those who celebrate it. Anybody doing anything fun for the holiday?
Also, it’s the eve of the ultimate insanity: National Novel-Writing Month, aka NaNoWriMo. So, of course, the obligatory question: Who’s in?
*cough*raiseshand*cough*

Subgenres, Evolution, and Reader Expectations

I was talking with another writer friend recently about subgenres. She was complaining that people lumped anything that was sent in a contemporary period and contained some form of magic together as “urban fantasy,” when there have been long-standing authors like Charles de Lint who set a prior standard.
Well, there’s a point to that. The [...]

Return from the Dead

I’ve been more or less dead for the past couple months. The chill is starting to fade, and I’m making my way back to the land of the living. (I think. Every now and then, zombies reach out of the ground and try to drag me back under, but I’m
I want to put out a [...]

Happy Independence Day!

For those in the good ol’ U. S. of A. — happy 4th of July!
So, what’re y’all doing to celebrate? (Like most of us are really “celebrating”; any excuse to party!) The husband creature and I were supposed to go over to his folks for a “family cookout.” We decided to blow it off, [...]

When Writing Buddies Turn Toxic

This is a particularly hard topic for me to write about, but an important one.
I have these two friends. Let’s call them Cynthia and Jordan. They’re writing partners; for over a year now, they’ve spent almost every day together chatting about writing, working on their respective projects, reading each others’ snippets, as well as encouraging [...]

Professional Appearance … On A Blog?

“Put your best foot forward.” It’s a cliché, but it’s true, and it’s important for any writer looking to promote themselves and their work to remember.Authors these days are “encouraged” (read: almost required) to keep a website and blog. It’d be stupid not to, when there are so many readers online. I have over 200 [...]

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