This is a seriously overdue blog, since I got back from Kindling Words almost two weeks ago. But the minute I got back I got the third pass proofs for LIFE, AFTER, with a deadline and then the political blog I wrote for shuttered so I moved to another one and then I was determined to tackle my taxes ( Read more... )

I've been in a frenzy of revision since I got home from Kindling Words, but I just finished (YAY!) and so I'm going to try to attempt to convey just a smidgen of the creative cauldron of inspiration and renewal the retreat was for those who attended ( Read more... )

Well, I'm back from another wonderful, refreshing, rejuvenating, inspiring Kindling Words retreat. I can quite honestly say that KW saved my writing life the first time I went in January 2006. Back then I was miserable and depressed, having had several ideas for a second book rejected, and was starting to feel like the first book was a fluke and I' ( Read more... )

I’ve got so much blogging to catch up on I don’t even know where to start! But here goes with two great things I’ve done for myself since Jan 1st ( Read more... )