Before I get into today’s post, I’ve got an Announcement of Awesomeness: I am fortunate enough to be a part of an amazing online writers group. We call ourselves the Roaring Writers and, today, we are launching our own writing website – to which I will be a regular contributor. You can find it here: …
So… A few weekends ago… This happened: (Red 5 standing by…) A couple of days go… This happened… An author friend of mine posted on Facebook about having a few spare ARCs (Advance Reader Copies) and not knowing what to do with them. Another friend suggested a …
Perseverance. Perseverance is what helps you get back up when you’ve been knocked down. Perseverance is what keeps you going in the face of opposition, doubt, nay-sayers, mistakes, and (yes) success. I would argue that one of the most important parts in the development of a writer and…well anyone, really, is perseverance. This past …
Catching up This is going to be a brief post this week (assuming that it happens this week). The internet has been wonky and the “To-Do” list today has been looming, but I totally handled it. Like. A. Boss. Really. So, what have I been up to? Let me break it down for you. Chasing …
Passwords. Where I put my keys. Where I left my phone. Where I parked the car. What I went into a room for. That I’m alone when I’m speaking out loud. Song lyrics. That there’s bacon in the oven.* That I’ve still got coffee in my cup…and it’s gotten cold. To get up and move …
(To be sung to the tune of “A Pirate Looks at Forty” by Jimmy Buffet) Mother, mother blank page I have heard you call. I’ve wanted to ride on your potential since I was three feet tall. You’ve seen it all. You’ve seen it all. Watched the folk that wrote you switch from page to …
Today, I want to talk about something called “Crutch Words”. If you’d asked me about what those were prior to my Whirlwind* tour of conventions and writer’s retreats, I wouldn’t have been able to tell you. I’d have had a good guess, maybe, but that’s about all it would have been. A Crutch Word is …
Well, this is new. A middle-of-the-week post? My schedule got all muddled over the weekend, so here we are. Right on the heels of ConCarolinas, I went down to Beautiful Lake Wylie, North Carolina for my yearly writer’s retreat. My writers group (We collectively refer to ourselves as the Roaring Writers) does this once a …
I got back from Balticon this year, I was on the ground for two days, and I took off again for… ConCarolinas ConCarolinas was the first convention I have ever attended and it is completely the fault of the Magical Words family – and I do not use the word “Family” lightly. Although I don’t live …
Before I get started, I want to take a few seconds to send a wish to all you fathers out there: Happy Father’s Day! May your “To Do” list be lighter than mine, your grill more bountiful, and your beer colder…though not too much colder. Frozen beer isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. So, …