Nope. I'm not planning to be a beekeeper anytime soon, although my heroine in SPLINTERED aspires to be one.   ;-)

I'm in charge of buzz patrol for my MS, so Agent Goddess asked me to post my book trailer on YouTube. It was an interesting experience. I've never done anything like that before. It was fun though! I've figured out all the ins and outs ( Read more... )

This is a repost from a journal entry I wrote back in 2008. Wow. Almost three years ago. I thought it timely to post it once more since I'm waiting at the gates of publishdom again, HOPE HOPE HOPING to get in this time.  It's a reminder of why I need to be patient instead of expecting to hear back the next day.

I was once naive enough to think that ( Read more... )

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Note: Despite the picture below, today’s post is not about spark plugs.


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I’ve been researching the process of getting a novel published and on the shelves-from pitch to sale-and once again I find myself stumbling over hurdles I didn’t even know existed. I ran across a most brilliant and helpful blog post of one published author's experience (http://blog.myspace.com/allisonwinnscotch) and using her rundown for a platform ( Read more... )

Agent L emailed me yesterday with a list of the first five editors she subbed my MS to last week. I’m opting not to post their names in keeping with my own superstitious nature. Heh. Never realized I was superstitious until I became a writer-go figure.

Anyway, of the five, three have  requested the full. We’re still waiting to hear from the other ( Read more... )