Wyso And The Other Creepy Kids on Gerard Street
Man's Best
Sparkers
Better Dig 2
As I mentioned in my last blog post, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, John Kennedy Toole (1937-1969), committed suicide at thirty-one. His demise can be credited to one rejection from a major publisher. Toole’s rejection—given by Simon & Schuster’s senior editor Robert Gottlieb—went like this: … with all its wonderfulnesses, the book—even better plotted (and still better […]
The Power Of One. Living Life as a Writer.
I’m often asked: How do you do it? How do you keep writing after the rejections? Of course, only my writer friends ask me this question. My regular friends are unaware of my inner struggles. And I would say that most people don’t realize the struggle a writer faces day after day unless these people […]
Ellipses…Guidelines for Their Safe Use In Fiction
Deviating from the weird and wonderful, the next two blogs will deal with writer business. I know. I feel your pain. But I receive so many hits on my blogs on ellipses and em dashes, it’s time to update. I’ve procrastinated long enough. Much confusion surrounds the use of ellipses — a series of three […]
I’m Back!
Hiya, I’m back. In case you were wondering what happened to alien/ghost/monster hunter…Me. I’m back. Sorry for the long absence. Thankfully, my husband, kids, and I have been able to avoid Rona thus far. So not the reason. We sold our haunted, freakishly BIG house in Colorado and moved into another — yes haunted not […]
Weirdo Writer’s Update
I’ve had readers ask when my young adult series will be released. To answer I must borrow that timeworn word used to label circumstances in life that are unforeseen and are in no way predictable. Change “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”— George Bernard Shaw “I have accepted fear as part of […]