My Writing Year — I’m a little lost

September 14, 2011

I’m in an odd place writing-wise. I’ve returned my manuscript revisions to my editor. I don’t know when she’ll get back to me, two weeks? Two months? If there’s anything my journey to publication has taught me it’s that publishing moves at its own pace. Even if I did know exactly the day and the [...]

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DragonCon Report

September 6, 2011

Panels: My panel, Brigands and Buccaneers: Myth and Reality of Pirates, went well. We had a variety of authors and pirate fans giving some great different perspectives. Ann Crispin, author of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom, led the group on a discussion that covered pirates from sweet Disney to bloody historic. When [...]

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Dystopian DC — My Earthquake Experience

August 30, 2011

The shaking felt gentle, like someone grabbing my chair. Until the rumbling came I didn’t think earthquake. When I did my mind quickly passed my flimsy desk and decided on the stairwell as a safe place to be. When I got there a wave of people swirled around me. There was no way to avoid [...]

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The timeline so far…

August 22, 2011

Ever been curious about the path to publication? Here’s mine (at least so far): September 2007: Waking up in a very swish room at the Walt Disney World Contemporary Resort, a scene came to me: Elisabeth Hicks, war veteran and detective, at a party with a beautiful woman (who looked a bit like this) who [...]

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A Sense of History

August 9, 2011

I’m just back from a weekend visiting the elders of my family, the people who refused to escape to Florida when they got the chance, who instead endured the Northern winters with a stoic pragmatism. We celebrated an 88th birthday and talked about the past. It took me only a few hours to notice their [...]

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Avoiding Scams at DragonCon (or any other Convention)

August 2, 2011

Writing scams are many and varied. No one does a better job of covering them than the amazing Writer Beware blog.  If you’re writing you need to read their blog on a regular basis. It will protect you and your work. But what about your pocket money? What about the money you’re hoping to blow [...]

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It wouldn’t have killed you…

July 25, 2011

It wouldn’t have killed you to walk those ten extra steps on a dark, wet night; to go the few extra feet into the circle of ugly yellow light at the crosswalk. Ugly yellow light that made your blood look almost black on the pavement. It wouldn’t have killed you to walk that far but [...]

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The Bread is Life

July 19, 2011

(Typically I post non-writing topics on Saturday and blog about writing during the week, but this week I decided to change it up a bit… hope you don’t mind. ~R) Mmm, bread. I make bread every Sunday morning, fresh and from scratch. The whole process takes less than three hours, with hands on time of [...]

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Don’t Betray Your Readers

July 12, 2011

I’d like to begin with a promise. I solemnly swear that I will never introduce a hero on page one, have him act heroic for five hundred and twelve pages and then, have him turn out to be the bad guy. I promise my heroine will not suddenly lose all her intelligence at the exact [...]

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Random things – the 5 July edition

July 5, 2011

  A few random things: Best. Meeting. Ever. Last Tuesday, my blog stayed uncharacteristically silent, largely because I was at the most fantastic meeting of my life. As someone with day jobs both federal and private, I’ve attended more than my fair share of meetings. When I say this meeting was the best, I have [...]

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