Posted Oct 8 2010 in Miscellany
Regular blog readers know by now that a group of my twitta sistas formed a virtual book club called Book Hungry. We each take turns nominating a book, and then review it, blog-fest style, on our blogs on the third Thursday of each month. This month, we’re tackling Beauty, a retelling of The Beauty and […]
Read More...Posted Oct 6 2010 in Miscellany
Yesterday on Twitter, there was a lot of chirp about love letters. Tweep Lola Sharp (she of the awesome shoes) said this: There is nothing more romantic than a handwritten love letter from someone you love. *swoon* That got me thinking. The best love letters I’ve ever received came from son #1 (which indicates birth […]
Read More...Posted Oct 5 2010 in Miscellany
I love The X-Files nearly as much as I love chocolate. In an episode called Jose Chung’s ‘From Outer Space’, Jose Chung, played by Charles Nelson Reilly, delivered this thought-provoking line: Still, as a storyteller, I’m fascinated how a person’s sense of consciousness can be… so transformed by nothing more magical than listening to words. […]
Read More...Posted Oct 4 2010 in cyber-bullying
It’s happened again. Another child, bullied to death. Last week, Ellen DeGeneres made this plea to end bullying following the suicide of a Rutgers student. The student’s dorm roommates secretly filmed him having sex and then posted the video online with the explicit intent of outing him as a homosexual, humiliating him literally to death. […]
Read More...Posted Sep 16 2010 in What I'm Reading
My Twitter book club, Book Hungry, proudly presents in blog-fest style, this month’s book review: GODS IN ALABAMA, by Joshilyn Jackson. Please click the Book Hungry blog links to read everyone’s reviews and add your comments! I recently blogged that the key to avoiding cardboard characters is to give them a flaw conceived in their […]
Read More...Posted Sep 8 2010 in Miscellany
I took some time away from cyberspace for the long weekend to hang with my family, immerse myself in my WIP and recharge but found I missed my online pals, their encouragement and support, their humor, and their advice too much to stay away. So, I peeked. And found this from Jeannie Moon: “So here […]
Read More...Posted Aug 30 2010 in Miscellany
There’s a car commercial on TV where a dad rattles off a list of safety measures to a little girl who can’t see over the steering wheel. At the end of the commercial, we learn the little girl is really all grown up but the dad still sees her as his baby. That’s EXACTLY what […]
Read More...Posted Aug 26 2010
Cardboard characters. They’re flat. Uninspiring. We forget them as soon as we put the book down. Inspired by both our Book Hungry Book Club’s recent review of THE HUNGER GAMES as well as by a slew of outside-my-comfort-zone reading, today’s blog post is devoted to what makes a character leap from the page and stick […]
Read More...Posted Aug 22 2010 in Miscellany
There’s an old saying that great minds think alike. While there is some truth in this (old sayings get old because there must be some truth in them, no?), I discovered yesterday that fresh points of view help you see things you never knew were there. Twitter pal Jeannie (@Jeannienovels) invited me along to the […]
Read More...Posted Aug 19 2010 in What I'm Reading
“You have to read The Hunger Games,” my twitter pals tell me. “You’ll love it.” I go to Amazon, look at the cover. I’m not impressed. I read the description. “A story,” it begins, “set in a post-apocalyptic world where children are used as gladiators in a fight to the death.” “Ugh,” I groan. Sounds […]
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