...since I posted an entry!!! Wait, I think I've said this before, lol! My husband uninstalled Internet Explorer 9 off my laptop yesterday and reinstalled, um, the older version that had all my favorite places to visit on my tab bar at the top. Of course, my LJ tab was there and I realized how long I've neglected my account here. It has been TOO ( Read more... )

I’m at home today nursing a sore throat with chicken soup, lemon juice and of course, a good book. I just finished listening to book four in the Harry Potter series, THE GOBLET OF FIRE. Why listen to the book instead of reading it, you ask? I’ve wanted to read the HP series for a long time now and my hubby suggested that I listen to the books ( Read more... )

I'm a firm believer in doing whatever makes you happy so long as it doesn’t involve hurting people, animals or Mother Nature (just sayin’).

My passions have always involved textile crafts such as embroidery, quilting, crochet and knitting.  I also have a passion for books, reading them and now, of course, writing them.  The focus for this post ( Read more... )

I changed the name of my blog.

I had originally wanted to blog about my thoughts on writing, its process and the benefits it has on my creative mind but I find that my posts have been mostly about books I've read, music, knitting projects I've completed, and not much about my writing.  Only a very little on my writing, though I'd like it to have ( Read more... )

I have been a terrible blogger!!  It's been like, forever since my last post.  Yikes!  I see cobwebs everywhere!  Just kidding ...  Anyway, since it's my day off, I thought I'd post (finally!) something. :)

Well, it has been a busy year of writing, SCBWI conferences, and Japanese rock concerts (yah!).  The first bit I'd like to share is the ( Read more... )

Yes, it takes the excitement and nervous anticipation of the international summer conference for me to post an entry ... I swear I feel like a little kid on the eve of a trip to Disneyland!  There is so much to look forward to like keynotes from M.T. Anderson and Gordon Korman.  I remember my first summer conference ...  I attended for just one day ( Read more... )

It's a contest!  Yes!  Mary Kole of Andrea Brown Literary Agency is having a contest on great novel beginnings.  Check it out here.  I love contests like this because it makes me work harder and get more excited about my writing.  Though there are probably tons of great novel beginnings out there, I will certainly do my darndest to make mine shine.

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 ... writing a poem and a short story.  I took a short break from revising my book to work on a project with an old friend of mine and comic book artist, of Marvel/Image Comics/Wetworks fame, Whilce Portacio.  We are doing a retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses.  I am writing the story and he will illustrate it!  It has been a really cool ( Read more... )