This post first appeared at blackanddarknight.wordpress.com on December 4, 2012. Back in October [2012], I attended the Ozark Creative Writers Conference. Daniela Rapp, an editor with St. Martin’s Press, spoke there. While she represents mostly genres that I don’t even think about writing, she gave a very good workshop on the basics of publishing –…
The FTC requires me to inform you that I received a free copy of this wonderful thriller from the author, Michelle D. Argyle, in exchange for a well-earned honest review. Genre & Length: Thriller (Upper YA/NA), 414 pages The Blurb: Eighteen year-old Starry is destined to take over her father’s powerful drug syndicate. But when she…
This post originally appeared at blackanddarknight.wordpress.com on June 17, 2012. I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it…
Rebekah Loper gives a brief overview to help get beginners started on their anime and manga journey. Source: An Introduction to Anime and Manga | Fantasy-Faction And while you’re here, will you please answer this quick poll? (And if you want to get updates about The A-Zs of Worldbuilding workbook, please sign up for my…
April is over, somehow. I did not meet my Camp NaNo goal, ending the month with only 25 of the 75 hours I was aiming for. But that’s still 25 more hours than I had on April 1st, and so I’m pleased with that, even if a bit disappointed that I couldn’t just get my…
… is that it tends to sneak up on you. Somehow, it’s April. I sat down mid-March, just before my visit to The Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow (more posts coming about that in the near future!), and realized that my co-ML and I needed to figure out some write-ins for Camp NaNoWriMo. (We did, though…
It’s been a while since I last blogged, and I’m sooo sorry, guys! Other than sharing things from the Rabid Rainbow Ferret Society, I think my last actual post here was back at the end of NaNo. Oops. I just haven’t had the mental energy to do so, and the one time I did (sometime…
My introduction to the classics was completely voluntary. I was homeschooled, and my mother decided not to require a literature course from me at all to graduate high school. (To be fair, the cours… Source: Required Reading – The Raves: Shelley and Dickens | The Rabid Rainbow Ferret Society
I’m still alive! I think… It’s been a year. It’s been a DECEMBER. And in some ways I’m floundering, both creatively and non-creatively, but I’m taking steps to rebuild my foundation. Please forgive me if I’m a bit absent on the blog for a while. In the meantime, here’s our end-of-year round up from the…
Life took over this year, but I managed to write most days anyway. Winnie has had her back right leg amputated, and is doing great now. The kitten has been named Tiberius. (As in James Tiberius Kirk.) Oh, and I won a Goodreads giveaway for a book that I really wanted but didn’t know how…
