Back to the real world

| October 6, 2009

and to writing. I’m loving the writing, but not so fond of real laundry and dusting and cleaning counters. Or the lack of Internet access. But when a story is singing to you, that’s good. And today, I had some ideas on the snopes I’ve sent to a friend. I think I left out an [...]

Favorite Conference Moments

| October 3, 2009

Top Moment:  Hanging with Karen, working! Others:  Talking writing with Karen and Samantha Hunter. We are so freaking brilliant!  :-)  Chatting with Shirley Jump and Thea Devine on the bus to the ghost tour (freezing, not scary, but lots of fun!), laughing with funny and lovely Megan Hart, whose Dirty is now on the Kindle [...]

Taking a break…

| October 2, 2009

between stuff to work with Karen in the lobby. What a joy it is to have writing time with a good friend.  She took a photo of me with our other friends, Lewis and Clark and Sacajawea!   Yesterday, I ran out for lunch and on the way, stumbled across the courthouse where the Dred [...]

Fun with Writing Friends!

| October 1, 2009

I’m in St. Louis at the Novelist’s Inc. conference. I miss my fam, but I’m excited about hanging out with my critique partner, Karen Whiddon, learning from the excellent lineup of workshops, and also–free wifi at the hotel!  :-) Between workshops, I’m polishing, polishing, polishing my proposal–which is ready to go except for–polishing. So, even [...]