I've posted a couple times at the new blog. The most recent is about what writers can learn from the books in their DNF piles. Pop on over and read it if you have the chance :D

http://jointheprt.com/blog/?p=34

Go ahead and check out the other posts too if you like ;)

First a bit of news. The website is up, but the blog still needs a bit of tweaking (and I still need an image from one of my artist friends). What that means is my posting here on LJ is probably close to done since I'll be moving to the PRT blog instead.  However, I'm still here today, and that's what really matters, right?   So on to the post:

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About a month ago, my Twitter friend, Colin, wrote a fabulous blog post asking writers to talk about depression (http://maantren.blogspot.com/2009/03/writing-and-depression-kiwiburger.html if you are interested). I contributed, but the funny thing is I was in a pretty good place at the time. Pretty Souls was ready to start submitting, and I felt ( Read more... )

I have spent today working on the outline for the next book in my YA series.  I have my new characters (at least the important ones) set up.  I know their names (and I was smart enough this time to keep track of initials so I don't have new characters with the same first initials as existing characters - go me :P), what they look like, and a little ( Read more... )

In other words, what exactly is the job of an agent's assistant ( Read more... )

I received a rejection letter yesterday, which is always like a knife in the gut ( Read more... )

So, I read this morning on yet another agent blog that book sales were down 25% last year.  So first - PEOPLE BUY SOME DAMN BOOKS,  I CAN'T DO THE SHOPPING FOR ALL OF US ( Read more... )

So, Kelley was in the area last weekend for Cryptic ConFusion and we drove over for the weekend mainly to see her.  Ended up having a fabulous time and meeting some great people ( Read more... )

I'd actually attempt a song composition for this post, but trust me when I tell you that you don't want to hear me sing ( Read more... )

I haven't posted for a while.  I will use the initial excuse of the holidays, but honestly, it's a crap excuse.  So, I've said it, but it wasn't the real reason.  What was?  Not entirely sure.  You see, the holidays were odd for me (and apparently many other people) this year.  I'm usually all about the winter wonderland, presents, baking, music, ( Read more... )