Welcome to my Crib
33 weeks pregnant. [No image to share. Imagine, if you will, a bloated sea mammal.] We’ve got the crib. Now it just needs a room. What? The view from here is great! Kitchen in one direction, living room in the other, and BOOM. Books. It’s a longer story than that, but I’ll try to make … Read more
NiFtY Author Talia Vance
Today we have a special guest – debut author Talia Vance. Not only is she a prolific writer (two books coming out within the year, AND one more under contract!), but I also count her as a friend. BH: Welcome, Talia! You have not one, but TWO books coming out between now and next spring. … Read more
How to Give Good Critique
A friend and critique partner of mine (and she knows who she is, so this isn’t a series of hints for other crit partners!) gave me some feedback on my story a few months ago. I was quiet for a bit, because while she had some great ideas for my story, some of them came … Read more
Punctuation Station
K. M. Weiland had a poll on her blog last week, asking readers to choose their favorite punctuation mark. Neither the ampersand nor the parenthesis was listed, so I had to choose “other” (and thankfully did not have to choose between the two). And I was thinking, you know, nobody really shows love to ampersands … Read more
“He Don’t Eat No Meat?”
[I can't take credit for the Salad is Murder thing - it was a postcard I purchased years ago in San Rafael. Unfortunately I can't dig it up anywhere, so had to recreate it. Apologies to the original artist. Hers is WAY better.] We eat meat. Not a whole bunch. Maybe two meals involve meat … Read more
