• The Update Meter

    So I hit 182 pages today on Heart on Fire. w00t! That’s 44,500 words or just over the halfway point of a projected 90,000 word novel. The story (incredibly enough) just arced at the second turning point. Perfect timing. So I think I’m on still track, and hopefully won’t have to do much scene hacking…

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  • So here it is. I confess, I totally hit a wall with Heart on Fire, the new book, and out of a moment of desperation, I sent it to my critique partner for a quick read to see if where I thought the book was heading was going to be remotely satisfying to her, and…

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  • So sayeth my verra wise seven year old niece. Don’t think my sis (her mother) will mind that I pilfered this off her mommy blog, because it was definitely worth sharing with my handful of readers! Her teacher gave her these proverbs to finish and her fabulous answers are in the bold italics. I honestly…

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  • Note to self: Obsessively checking email and websurfing for LOLcats doesn’t get revisions done. But sher ees funn!! (No frendz, ees not Joopiter kitteh. But zee evil is comparable, no? Must go now. He eez reading zis over shoulder.)

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  • So I don’t know what I was thinking, but I was going to enter my wip in the Stiletto this year. I am almost halfway done with it, and I pretty much know how it ends – and I thought, gee, some feedback on it might be good at this point – a contest might…

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