WIP Stands for What Ideal Plot?
Or Work In Progress. Either one.
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10 Brutally Honest Dinner Ideas to Fit Any Crappy Mood
What you’re really thinking when it’s time to cook that dinner.
Romance Writers of America: Pros and Cons
Part the Second; or, why you should spend your hard-earned money.
Countess Here I Come
HRChallenge 2017 update and an Eva Ibbotson book review for Create With Joy
Chapter One in the Quest to Publish
In which other authors offer wise advice that I ignore in the best new-author tradition.
10 Fun Pranks to Play on a Bookworm
Our weekend is all “booked”. I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist.
Platform
The conundrum I’m facing today: Writers need a platform. For a platform, they must seduce people into caring that they exist and write books. To seduce, they must interact and self-promote. Follow my blog with Bloglovin (AKA Bloglovin’ says I have to do this if I want my blog on their site.) Not everything you hear about introverts is true, but it is sterling 100% silver true that I hate self-promoting. And, OK, to be honest I’m not super fond…
Happy Birthday to the Master of Rhyme
Happy Birthday to Theodor Seuss Geisel. My heartfelt, grateful thanks for the side-eye looks of horror and confusion from volunteer readers that I bring into my PreK class and then unleash the good Doctor’s work on. Their disbelief that they have to learn what is essentially a new language, on the fly, in front of twenty five wiggly four-year-olds warms my heart on the coldest of days. I thank you, Dr. Seuss, and I read your books every year.