I have come to realize over the last few days that there are some people out there who thrive on negativity. I am not saying that they are bad people or that they try to bring everyone down, but it seems that some people always find the negative aspect of things like it is what [...]
…quotes I am trying to live by right now You might also like: Fast Five, A-Z editionFast Five…Fast Five…Fast Five…Fast Five…
Last weekend, Glenna Walsh (Blue Lipstick Samurai) announced that she was starting the Plot and Paper Project, which is basically just writing her next book all longhand first. I think it is a great idea. If you have been reading my blog from the beginning (a year ago tomorrow, so it seems), you will remember [...]
In case you haven’t heard (and if you haven’t, where have you been the last…uh…forever?), a little book called Mockingjay was released yesterday. And in celebration, YA Highway wants to know: How would YOU impress (or not impress) the Hunger Games judges? Um, right. I can’t answer this question, because I – gasp! – have [...]
Deciding to stay home as a full-time writer takes a big leap of faith. Your income gets cut in half (maybe not, but for us it was close). Suddenly, this dream is much more real. You are at home all day, every day; time constraints are no longer a reason to not progress in your [...]
This post has nothing to do with David Bowie, but whatever. I love him, so he gets to be on the blog. Mostly, I have nothing real to say, but for some reason still want to write a blog post, so I am writing a blog post about blog reading. A while back I mentioned [...]
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I decided that rather than bore y’all with constant chatter about how Incubus is coming along (’cause, really, I could talk about it every day…I am so entrenched in it I don’t really think of much else at this point), I am designating Wednesdays Work in Progress Wednesday. This way I can babble all about [...]
***First thing first: go congratulate Kate Hart (she of Two For Tuesday creation fame ) on signing with her agent!*** Since I write YA books, I tend to read a lot of YA books. And – surprise! – YA books are primarily what I talk about on my blog. But YA is not all I [...]
…things I wish everyone would learn and apply when writing. Always. 1. They’re vs. There vs. Their 2. Your vs. You’re 3. Lay vs. Lie 4. Titled vs. Entitled 5. Me vs. Myself vs. I You might also like: Hmmm….seems we can’t find anything else.
