Posted Jun 14 2010
Those who follow me know I am serious about my chocolate. Saying, “Patty likes chocolate” is an understatement of profound proportion. It’s like saying, “The universe is big.” Duh. My predilection for chocolate goes much, much deeper than this… it’s not just an addiction. It’s an obsession. I plan my day around chocolate. I diet […]
Read More...Posted Jun 11 2010
I’ve noticed how so many of my fellow tweeters (twitterers) tweeple? ? in the writing community mention that the scenes they wrote earlier seem like garbage in the harsh light of day, like a one night stand, whose name you can’t remember, now drooling all over your pillow… ewww. Why does this happen, how do we […]
Read More...Posted Jun 5 2010 in Miscellany
A few weeks back, we opened our pool. Today, I got a phone call… not a phone call. The phone call. The one you hope you never get, but know someday, you will because it’s life. It’s death, actually. But nevertheless, part of life. My mother is dying. Cancer, stage 4, which means the little […]
Read More...Posted Jun 3 2010 in Miscellany
An exchange about voice this evening on Twitter, as well a post on Cynthia Reese’s blog, got me thinking about… well, my voice. What, exactly, is voice? It’s the sum total of many choices we make as writers. What words to use, how we string them together. It’s the tone we set for a story, […]
Read More...Posted May 24 2010 in Miscellany
Inspired by Tawna Fenske’s recent post about things that sound dirty but aren’t, I was reminded of this story that happened when I was about sixteen years old. I wore braces for many years. Seven to be precise. Seven long and painful years. My little group of friends was fond of a restaurant chain that’s […]
Read More...Posted May 21 2010 in Miscellany
“One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it.” Chekhov Tomorrow is Open the Pool Day. (If you’re on Long Island, stop by! It’s a real party.) *shudders* I dread this job. Worse than leg waxing, worse than root canal, even worse than a world with […]
Read More...Posted May 15 2010
For Mother’s Day, my sons bought me a bag of books. They even threw in chocolate. How well my boys know me. Books and chocolate are THE best gift ever. In the bag were: The Electric Church by Jeff Somers The Digital Plague by Jeff Somers Delicious by Sherry Thomas Dead in the Family by […]
Read More...Posted May 2 2010 in Miscellany
I love to hear about where writers get their ideas. Stephenie Meyer had a dream that became Twilight. JK Rowling created Harry Potter during a train ride. Stephen King dreamed up Carrie while cleaning a Ladies’ Room and spying the tampon dispenser. Dan Brown claims an art history class introduced him to the hidden meaning […]
Read More...Posted Apr 23 2010 in Miscellany
Somebody tweeted a link to an engaging discussion about the Twilight series this morning. Specifically, the debate focused on whether the books were “good”. (I’ll spare you the debate and cut to the chase – consensus, at least from these participants, was a vocal NO!) I, however, enjoyed the series. Thought they were sweet, innocent, […]
Read More...Posted Apr 15 2010 in Miscellany
This afternoon, I was leaving the gym when a woman walked past me. There was a moment, a split second, where her scent hit me. She reminded me so much of my dead grandmother, I froze in my tracks and just stood there, steeped in a flood of fond memories. It was a few minutes […]
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