Escape from Quicksand

by | Aug 28, 2012 | General

For the last few weeks, I’ve been struggling, feeling sort of like I’m trying to escape from quicksand. And the harder I try to climb out, the quicker I’m swallowed up by the grainy, coarse sludge that wants nothing more than to suck me further into...

Bits of Advice from Life

by | May 29, 2012 | General

For the last few weeks I’ve been kind of quiet on my blog and around the social media outlets I typically frequent. I’ve been trying to focus on my WIP (work-in-progress)  but life zinged a few things my way and I ended up feeling overwhelmed. That, of...

ROW80 R2 update

by | Apr 16, 2012 | General

I know, I know. My ROW80 update was supposed to have been yesterday. The fact that it’s a day behind should give you a pretty good sign of how my week went. It sucked. Plain and simple. No joking around, no exaggerations. It went spiraling down the drain like...

Creative Inventing

by | Mar 15, 2012 | General

Everyone experiences doubt, especially writers. As my friend and critique partner, Laird Sapir, and I were discussing the misery of those evil thoughts, we decided that someone needed to invent a doubt removal process. I mean, if they can make a weed-killer, why not...

It’s a Kitties’ Life

by | Jan 25, 2012 | General

Sometimes, I wish I were a cat. They have the best lives. Or at least mine do. They have fresh food and drinking water without having to go to the store and buy it themselves. They get yummy treats (we call them nom-noms – and they know that word!). They have a...