The conference was a success. It succeeded in inspiring, knocking bits loose and reconnecting with the greater creative energy ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm blogging instead of attending my second session. I've been itching to post for ages and now that I've got a bit of a lull in my conference schedule, I'm taking full advantage of the free wifi and complimentary computers in the hotel lounge ( Read more... )

If you've paid any attention to the news, you know that we got some snow this winter. If a certain figment were awake right now, I know I'd hear some snarky comment incorporating superlatives, the mention of understatements and probably the use of a 100-year time-frame. The snow - at long last - is receding, and hopes are high that there will be no ( Read more... )

I shall be bleary-eyed and staggering into solid objects tomorrow, but I have carved out my 10 pages and come up with a synopsis.

still hateful?

Not nearly. Brilliant in fact.

brilliant. really?Well, not so much myself, but rather Elaine's idea to not take up a whole damn page. Just the elevator pitch. After all, I want my chapter to sell my ( Read more... )

Just the NESCBWI in the spring, but this time I'm submitting a MS for an official one-on-one critique. That's right folks, you heard it here first. And I give you leave to mock and shame me if I back out, but February vacay is next week and dammit, I'm gonna try!

I even have a new blank document opened up to start the hated synopsis.

erm . . .Yes ( Read more... )