I have a hair trigger on my panic response for a few select things.  Anything with bugs, shots or unexpected expenses… or my ex 🙂  So a...

1. Oh dear, dog’s flying again. 2. Tiny clutch purse wants to be fed. 3. Gives new meaning to the term magic mushroom. Every Monday...

This is my inner editor, her name’s Illisa, The Corrector Kitty.  Along with her friends, Flights of Fancy, Plot Bunny, Grammar Monkey,...

I’m waiting for the Baen Fantasy Award Finalists to be announced.  They do a top 10 (I believe) and then pick the 3 winners from that....

I’m doing something a little different today.  This post isn’t on the craft of writing, it’s on the publishing side of things.  More...

(Peter Grant, (his blog) Cedar Sanderson (her blog) and Sarah Hoyt (and her blog) on one of the panels.  Photo by Oleg Volk) I went to my...

1. (Insert your last bad dream here.) 2. Pod crashes to planet. 3. Convention goes bad in the best way. Every Monday I’ll give you a...

Last week I talked about the plot fixer, now we’re tackling the weak character.  I don’t mean someone who is weak themselves, I mean...

Have you heard of the Myers-Briggs personality test?  Have you taken it?  Did you read the description and think, “That’s creepy, it’s...

If you’re going back to edit a full novel, especially if it’s an early work, you’re probably facing down what I call the drunken cat...

Write what you know.  That’s the advice, right?  They (whoever the they are, I don’t know, there’s always a they though) say this because...

1. Friend’s depressed so must cheer them up. 2. Starbucks got the order wrong, send the girl. 3. Water demon attacked the cat. Every...

Alright guys, today I’m not gonna talk.  I know you love my ramblings (what, only I love my ramblings? 🙂 but today I’m just gonna link....

Hey guys, today I’m doing something a bit different.  I’m doing the Blogging 101 class and the assignment today is to write a post...

Beta Readers are perhaps the most important part of the editing process.  I’m going to say this up front because I’ve made this mistake....

Two friends of mine are a Space Opera/ Military SciFi author and his wife Dot, the marketing half.  She’s given me tidbits as I’ve...

I am seriously in the weeds today. Didn’t sleep well last night or the night before because my legs have been cramping despite me...

I’m doing Blogging 101 through WordPress’s Blogging U, and today’s the first day.  The assignment is to introduce ourselves to the world....

I got into a discussion yesterday about writing series; the other writers in my group were blown away by the idea that I’m planning 15...

(Basic up front disclaimer: These are over simplified concepts, and this post is not to be taken as legal advice.  I’m not your lawyer,...