I am investigating a new lead in the Chronic Illness Drama. You probably remember my not-long-ago day at home with Hannah where I suddenly couldn’t keep my eyes open and fell asleep on the floor? And then I was okay the next day. And then on Monday I was wasted again at the end of [...]

Yech. Crying is totally one of those “don’t break the seal” things. Once you’ve let yourself a little bit, it’s almost impossible to get it all bottled back up and finish your work day. Again, I say, Yech. Not really much to say about it. Just had an argument today and some of the things [...]

Guess what i found? I found my book outline!!!! Yeeeeeah! I’ve been searching for that sucker since my separation seven years ago. Okay, I mean, we’re talking about an eight year old book outline written by a miserable & melodramatic 24 year old for a book with a completely different plot from the one I [...]

This last weekend I was attending a writing workshop on Juvenile/YA Fantasy. At the end of Saturday we had a really great group discussion about writing ethics and cultural appropriation (and other privileged appropriation of non-privileged voices and issues). Fully intend to discuss further my (lack of conclusive) conclusions. In the meantime, apropos of this [...]