Monthly Archives: December 2007

Snagged from Wil Wheaton on Twitter: Good advice from Elizabeth Bear: “The scene does not have to be perfect. The scene has to be written.”

When I first started writing this story, it spring-boarded from a “journal entry” I wrote for an extended scene in the epilogue of Heir. Of course the journal entry was written in first person. So the first bits and pieces … Continue reading →

Man, I really gotta find a title for this story. :chuckle: The story is coming along quite well. Too well in some instances, though. Yesterday, I sat down all ready to read over one scene before I wrote another and … Continue reading →

Woman Fired For Writing Romance Novel At Work SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — A Sioux Center woman has been fired a job at an industrial equipment manufacturer for working on a romance novel on company time. Tanja Shelton began working at … Continue reading →

I have a stuffed dog that’s an AM radio. No joke. I got it when I was very small, and it runs on a 9 volt battery. The last time I tried (a couple of years ago), it still worked … Continue reading →

I was telling Thomas this one on the phone the other night, and we laughed ourselves silly. Christmas 1993, I drove down to pick Thomas and Tayler up for their two weeks of Christmas with me. We stopped at the … Continue reading →

I’m not much better. And I see my eye doctor at 10:30 in the morning. :warped:

Favorite Phrase of the Day: “I don’t think there’s any social etiquette on the proper time to discuss vampires.” disclaimer: poetry and fiction snippet content are my own original content. unauthorized reproduction of any post content, without prior written permission, … Continue reading →