Month: February 2010

  • The wordy nerdy halfie chameleon

    Today I’m over at The Solitary Panda, guest blogging for the lovely and brave Floreta while she’s in India. The theme is identity. Can you guess what I consider mine to be? Here’s  a little preview: The chameleon As a young child, I had a handful of close family friends, none of whom knew each…

  • Whas happenin’

    Things that are happening: LOVING Erin Danehy’s young adult steampunk-ish fantasy manuscript. I don’t want to jinx it with any crazy predictions, but it’s good, y’all. Really good. Definitely shelf-worthy, if you catch my drift. Querying, and thus rejection. Yes, I got my first rejection from an agent today. I was disappointed because she seems…

  • Loving, and writing, in spite of rejection

    Writing and love are both leaps into the unknown, acts of discipline as much as they are acts of faith. If you are not in love with writing then you shouldn’t write, because without love, you won’t be able to take it. (And I didn’t say in love with your writing—I said in love with…