Month: September 2010

  • Bite your tongue

    Hey hey, I’m over at Writer Unboxed today! Wanna check out my post, maybe leave me some love? Sweet, thanks! Here’s a teaser: As writers, we’re used to having the last word. (“The End,” right?) In fact, we’re used to having every word. In our stories, we get to give voice to all of our thoughts, opinions, and…

  • Watch and learn

    Apologies for being AWOL on Friday. My work-work (as opposed to my writing-work) had an all-day, off-site retreat. It was good times with great people, at the lovely Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. Later that night I watched The Town, which I thought was quite good, and I finished reading THE DUFF, which I loved.…

  • The "blogosphere" problem

    At this point, this link is a little old, but I think it’s too important to just skip: “What are we doing to YA?” by Hannah Moskowitz. If you’re a writer, of any genre, READ IT. In a nutshell: I’m starting to wonder if YA is turning into something written by/for the internet community under…

  • Glug glug glug (cruise recap, part 3)

    You didn’t think there was more, did you? Well, when we docked in Tampa after the cruise, Andy decided he still hadn’t seen enough marine life. (Plus we had like 8 hours to kill before our flight home.) So where did we go? Why, to the aquarium of course! Seriously, he cracks me up. He’s…

  • Viva Mexico (cruise recap, part 2)

    Snorkeling with stingrays was the no-question, hands-down, unrivaled, most fantabulous part of our cruise. Any safety concerns I had were quickly brushed aside by our friendly, funny, knowledgeable guide, as well as the sweet stingrays we met. The one you see us holding below is Lupita, and the smaller one we held was Gabriel. There…