Posted Jul 26 2010 in Miscellany
This weekend, I made the trek from Long Island to the back woods of Connecticut, where my sister and mother live. This is the first time I’ve seen Mom since her Stage 4 cancer diagnosis in June. I have no good reasons. I have excuses, but no good reasons. Rob’s graduation, work, cars in various […]
Read More...Posted Jul 12 2010 in Miscellany
OK, I know the internet can be a big hairy evil thing what with pedophiles posing as teens, sexting, cyberbullying, identity theft and all the other headlines. My WIP, Send, is built on just that premise. But after this week, I’m here to tell you it’s still the thing of wonder it was in 1995, […]
Read More...Posted Jul 2 2010 in Miscellany
I was catching up on my blog reading, found this post by twitter pal Tawna Fenske, and had a pang of envy. Um. You’re probably thinking penis (pen) envy (I should caution you not to click this link if you’re at work, like I was), but you’re wrong. It’s desk envy. There. I’ve admitted it. […]
Read More...Posted Jun 20 2010 in Miscellany
You’d better move away from me. A little farther… just a little farther. There’s been a black cloud over my head for the past month or so. I wouldn’t want you to get hit by the lightning bolt when it strikes. I’m not sure what, exactly, it is, or what I did wrong. Bad luck? […]
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 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, […]
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