on Reading and Writing and All the Speculation In Between
Since this week was Nelson Mandela’s birthday (Happy 95th!), there were a lot of good quotes of his floating around the Interwebz. The one I’m featuring today seems particularly apt for the week I’ve just had: “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back…
This weekend was another birthday for me. I’ve had enough of them that it feels a little silly to celebrate–especially when we’re facing some tough circumstances. But I decided that even though I’m back in a cycle of having papers due every Sunday night and more than enough work for several people, I would enjoy…
Another review for the month–that’s been languishing far too long in draft format. This one comes courtesy an author who braved the ridiculously long list of requests queued for reviews on my blog and sent me the blurb to her book. It was intriguing enough–and exactly what I needed at the time as a mental…
The second round of ROW80 has thus begun… just in time for my next class to kick off tomorrow. I’m doing it in style too: I discovered after my professor emailed a welcome that I had been idiot enough to re-purchase the textbook from last session when my eyes crossed at an inopportune moment and…
It’s been a while since I posted a review, and I thought I would get this one done last month–it’s been sitting that long as a partially completed draft. Today, the author released her second book, and, as she’s one of my crit partners, I decided I had to get off my duff and actually…
As you may or may not remember, a few weeks back I made the trek down to Chicago for the annual Printer’s Row Lit Fest… for a very good reason. My online friend, Justin Bog (remember when he stopped by this blog last year for an interview?), was going to be in town to speak…
It’s been an interesting week, and since I like the Sunday check-in habit whether I’m in the midst of a ROW80 round or not, I’m going to share some of my recent facepalm moments. After six months of chasing my own tail, finally finding a contact point, and hearing nothing… I officially received a contract…
It’s an out-of-this world week for me, as I’ve released my latest story: Wytchfire. You have a chance to win it, or my scifi/romance novel, Dementional, as part of this bloghop. To whet your appetite, here’s a snippet: All these clues pointed to either a long-term hotel stay—or something more institutional… Maybe she was crazy…
I completed another class. And another story. With one of the worst head colds I’ve ever had. Sometimes I surprise myself with my tenacity. So the Gandhi quote I found rather randomly online recently is feeling very close to my surface reality today. In fact, I was worried I was so fogged in over the…
For those who have patiently borne with me while school and life have gotten in the way, the news you’ve been waiting for is upon us: Wytchfire is live and in the wild at Amazon and Smashwords! 🙂 It clocks in at not quite 10K words, so it’s perfect for those evenings when you only…