What's his name, and what does he look like?
Those may not be the first two question I ask myself when I start writing, but they’re right up there. I HAVE to know his name and appearance — hero […]
Lisa Hendrix
Shout out to Barbara Vey at PW!
Happy first anniversary to Barbara Vey at Publisher’s Weekly. Her wonderful blog Beyond Her Book has evolved into a must-read for fans and writers of romance and women’s fiction. In […]
The Cure for Writer's Butt
How about burning 600 Calories a day while writing with a treadmill desk? And here’s info on how to buy or build one. I am so there Mega-thanks to Jonathan […]
Free Books and Other Scary Things
Marketing expert Seth Godin spoke to recording industry execs recently about the changes they’re going to have to make to survive in the new music market. Well, the publishing industry […]
Beauty in everyday items
I followed a link from BoingBoing today and discovered the wonderful blog for PingMag, “The Tokyo based magazine about Design and Making Things.” They cover all sorts of traditional and […]
Medieval Dirty Joke
Yep, our English ancestors enjoyed naughty jokes, riddles, and puns, just as much as we do. Inspired by a post by Janelle Denison at Plotmonkeys, I offer this riddle in […]
I can beat anyone at dominos….
Okay, I can’t. But I bet these guys can. (Tried to imbed the video, but failed miserably, so you have to CLICK HERE.) I love this stuff. Always wanted to […]
Sloppy, sloppy
I’ve noticed my speech patterns getting lazy–full of stuff, sort of, like, um, this. I don’t want my writing to get that way, so I’m working on it, and I’ve […]
A Date to Make You Go Aaah…
…Romantic Movies and Molten Chocolate Cake. Not everyone wants to spend Valentine’s evening in an overpriced restaurant. Some of us like to curl up next to the person we love […]
Lilliputia Through a Lens
Remember those dioramas we used to do as kids? Well, one of my favorite diversions Boing-Boing (“A directory of wonderful things”), has an article today on Lori Nix, an artist […]