Archive for November, 2009

Dancing Like Snoopy

Category: Life & Culture

I’m doing the Snoopy jig. The new skill that I had to learn for my day job has been mastered and we will meet our software release deadline. No more 10-14 hour workdays.
What does this mean? I can dedicate more time to my revision.
I should be able to get some things done before the [...]

Revision Update: Motivation

Category: Writing

I’m still in the midst of my Act 1 scene revisions. It’s going slowly but surely. And I’m learning some things about my protagonist, Grace.
When I was getting critiques on my first novel, an editor wrote WHY in big red letters in several places on the manuscript. At first I thought it was rude and [...]

Push by Sapphire

Category: Authors, Books

I remember when Push by Sapphire was published. It was the late 90’s and I heard how riveting the book was. I tried to read this book, but I couldn’t. It was just too “raw.” Too much. I put it down and didn’t pick it up again.
So, here it is. Ten years later and I [...]


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