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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Strong Female Characters Are a Cop-Out

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Witness the awesomeness of my photo editing skills. About two months ago, there was a lot of chatter about this article on NewStatesman...
Monday, September 30, 2013

Why Having a Day Job Is Good for the Creativity

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Ruth Brown Snyder. In the electric chair. If this doesn't creep you out, I don't know what will. Have you ever seen a photo of ...
Monday, September 2, 2013

5 Lessons Writers Can Learn from Pancho and Lefty

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I grew up on country music. This was the late '70s and early '80s, so we're talking real country.  Outlaw country. Country...
Sunday, July 28, 2013

10 Round Gothic Novel Smackdown: Susanna Kearsley vs. Barbara Michaels

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I love Gothics. I can't help it. Literary types will wrinkle their noses, but they fulfill a vital purpose in a young girl's rea...
Friday, June 28, 2013

Writer, Edit Thyself: Why You Shouldn't Hire an Editor (Yet)

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I've been reading a lot of writers' blogs and posts in writers' communities on G+. One thing I keep seeing is the recommendati...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Reasons to Be Cheerful

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I'm amazed by how hard it is for me to write a happy post. I am naturally inclined to think the sky is falling if I don't have ever...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Book Review: Angelopolis by Danielle Trussoni

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The characters I know and loathe are at it again in Angelopolis . If you read this blog regularly, you know that the first book in this ...