Posted Oct 22 2010 in Miscellany
Real life ghost stories! I swear an a bag of Hershey’s Kisses these really happened to me. Tale One: As an Italian American, I would be doomed – DOOMED, I tell you, to eternity in hell’s kitchens, if I ever served spaghetti sauce from a jar. However, I lack a green thumb and after […]
Read More...Posted Oct 14 2010 in Miscellany
This morning, just as I settled in to do some virtual computing research, my cell phone rang. It was an automated call from my son’s school district. Before the message abruptly ended, I heard this: “Good morning, parents. This is the school superintendent calling to inform you that we are putting all district schools on […]
Read More...Posted Oct 12 2010 in Miscellany
Birthing a new character, I’ve learned, is a lot like birthing an actual baby. At this point in my life, I’ve created more characters than I have children, so bear with me while I connect the dots. Sometimes, a character pops into my head fully-baked, tap dancing on my skull for his story to be […]
Read More...Posted Oct 11 2010 in Miscellany
The original Star Trek television show is credited with sparking the creative genius behind a number of advances in the technology we’ve seen in our lifetime. Things like the handheld computer, the cell phone, universal translators, even the GPS were all featured in the series in some form or another. For me, the best sci […]
Read More...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 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 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 […]
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