I feel guilty. And embarrassed. And like I need to make up for lost time. See, I finished a book and met my deadline. The companion to MOXIE AND THE ART OF RULE BREAKING was due February 15, and I had to--ya know, finish the book. And this is when writing--the thing I most love doing--gets really, really awful. It gets really awful for two reasons ( Read more... )

I love my jobs--all of them. I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to teach, and--hello!--being a writer?! That's living out my childhood dream ( Read more... )

I love suspenseful, scary movies and TV shows ("American Horror Story" is one of my favorites). And, well, add zombies or the CIA and terrorists? I'm hooked. But those shows offer more than just edge-of-my-seat TV: they both have great writing. And although it seems that my humorous tween style doesn't have anything to do with the undead or the ( Read more... )

 So, how do you do it? And where do you like to do it?

Your WRITING!  I'm really interested in other writers' process (oh, this is sounding worse and worse, isn't it?). So, answer me these questions, of you will:

• Where do you do most of your writing? Office? Kitchen? At work? On the subway?
• How do you write? Notes, longhand, computer composer?
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Spent the past few days doing some revisions on the first third of my new manuscript. Now that I have an idea where it's going, things are coming together. Today I was back at the keyboard for another 1300 words. Yay ( Read more... )

I've nearly doubled my word count from when I started, and am making good progress on my goal:


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