Long overdue updates, that is. I just spent the last month solid working on what looks to be the final round of revisions for my agent, which means submission is on the horizon!!! I pretty much buried myself in the revisions, which were comparatively light, but I wanted them to be VERY GOOD so thatContinue reading “Updates”
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Ode to the Local Library
I saw a tumblr post (linked here) saying that this is national library week and recommending bloggers to write blog posts to this effect. I decided to do exactly that because I have a lot to say about the local library of my childhood. I am one of six kids and we were raised toContinue reading “Ode to the Local Library”
On Styles
I have been discovering over the past few years of writing and revision that the types of literature that most influence my writing sometimes cause difficulties. What I mean is that many of them are not in vogue at all. I sometimes have difficulty dissecting these situations to discover whether I have merely been lazy andContinue reading “On Styles”
An Admittedly Silly Post
A slight gap in blogging due to a fun, if exhausting, weekend with family, and another Spartan race that made me sore and bruise-y all over. But I have something I want to write about. Normally I don’t go for screeds–I don’t find them edifying–but this one needed doing. Also, I am very tired, and haveContinue reading “An Admittedly Silly Post”
My Current TBR pile
The title is misleading. I am not going to list the 170-some books on my goodreads TBR pile. That would be a long and tedious post. Instead I am going to list the main books on this year’s to-read pile. I set my goodreads goal at 30 books (look, I’m in revisions and I haveContinue reading “My Current TBR pile”
Regarding Emotions
Forewarning: This is rambly. The Anti-Emotions Campaign I have a conundrum when it comes to emotions in writing. I am, in fact, a very emotional person. Further fact: I HATE admitting this, and I used to loathe it when (as a child) anyone one of my family members would point out how emotional I was,Continue reading “Regarding Emotions”
Regarding Romance
Ah, romance. Number one: I really do like (SUBTLE, well-crafted, thoughtful) romance in books but, Number two: I am also thoroughly embarrassed by the whole topic and, Number three: am very picky and critical Admittedly, I don’t read actual romance novels–not to diss the genre, but it’s not my thing–and if it’s not done well ensconced inContinue reading “Regarding Romance”
Testing, Testing
Confession: I am not internet/tech savvy. I avoided owning a cell-phone until I moved half-way across the country (I was eighteen, everyone else in my family already owned cell-phones). I avoided smart-phones like the plague (I HATED that people were always looking at their phones rather than each other). Now that I have a smart-phoneContinue reading “Testing, Testing”
Waiting on all Fronts
Patience and peacefulness are not my strong suit. I know patience ’tis a virtue, but I have my little modified saying of the old phrase: “persistence is a virtue.” Both are true, but they can often seem contradictory. Do you wait to see what fruits or flowers in due time, or do you bully your wayContinue reading “Waiting on all Fronts”
Organization for the Disorganized
I am not an organized person. I love making schedules, but they are normally written on scrap pieces of paper I then cannot find. I find recipes, then write them on the backs of receipts. For the most part, there has been no rhyme or method to my writing…until it came time to revise. I found myselfContinue reading “Organization for the Disorganized”
J. L. Odom 