For the new readers of the blog, I sometimes go slightly off-topic to share my space geek love.

The Hubble telescope is celebrating its 20th birthday this month. Last week, a photo was released of the Carina Nebula, the largest seen star-birth regions in the galaxy. Astronomers have nicknamed it “Mystic Mountain.”

The Universe Today blog [...]

Just an FYI that you only have a few more days to enter the Blog Anniversary Book Giveaway contest. The odds will be in your favor with the current number of entries — and I’m telling you Book 2 of THE DORK DIARIES will definitely become a New York Times Bestseller like Book 1. So [...]

I’ve stumbled across a writer who has given me LOTS of food for thought lately.

Seth Godin, isn’t a fiction writer — his area is actually marketing and new media — but I still feel intrigued about what he has to say.

And even though Seth Godin’s expertise is not in fiction, his blog is something you [...]

It’s that time of year again.
Time for sending in applications for the Rutgers One-on-One Plus Conference. This conference is geared to “aspiring writers and illustrators of children’s and young adult books to grow in craft and professionalism.”
It’s also a GREAT opportunity to network with agents, editors, and other writers.
The 2010 conference will be held Saturday, [...]

It’s been pretty crazy at the day job and I’m finding it challenge to fit my time in for writing. Times like these I muse about how my life would be if I could just dedicate all my time to writing.

But of course, I need to eat. And currently fiction doesn’t feed me.

I read this [...]