The scariest thing I did at the Penn Writers conference this year was attend a read and critique session. It was me, five other writers, and a panel of people waiting to rip me to shreds. And it was easily the highlight of the conference. Listening to a panel of…
I did not go to a writer’s conference expecting to have a breakthrough on my novel. So imagine my delight when the clouds parted, the sun came out, and a brilliant ray of light shot through the sky while I was sitting there listening to a presentation on crafting story…
Some of the most useful sessions I went to at Penn Writers were the ones on pitching and querying. Mind you, I do my homework, so I already had a vague idea of how to go about this, but hearing things in person and seeing pitches and query letters dissected…
This past weekend, my friend H. Hunting and I met up at the annual Penn Writers conference in Pittsburgh. Neither of us had ever been to a writer’s conference before, and we were both very nervous going into it. Our choice of conferences was mostly based on geography and timing,…
Aisling Weaver is kind enough to post prompts every Friday on her site. Just for fun I thought I’d give it a go. … Pinned I used to hate when he would pin me down. It felt too vulnerable, too weak, and I would stiffen up. And not in the…
Great, new review of the Bad Romance anthology. I may have squeaked when I saw Bleeding Red mentioned. And in a positive light, at that 😉 Some romances break your heart and some dismember and disembowel you, this anthology deals with the latter, both metaphorically and literally. From Jeanette Grey’s…
I spent a bunch of my week trying to nail down descriptions of the characters in Unacceptable Risk in order to communicate them to the cover art designers. One of the identifying features of the main character, Plix, is that she has an optical implant in one eye, which allows…
I’m currently listening to the Counting Crows and trying to decide how to start this blog. In the end, I’m just diving in. Because dude, there is a lot of exciting stuff going on right now. My first novella, a M/M romance called Letting Go, is slated to be released…
