Posted in Bombshells on May 9th, 2006 No Comments »
Last night, PBS had a terrific American Experience show about Annie Oakley. I had no idea she grew up in crushing poverty in Ohio, was sent to a poor farm to work (where she was likely at least physically abused, once thrown out into the snow for hours because she fell asleep while darning), and […]
Posted in Bombshells on Apr 17th, 2006 1 Comment »
I’m a fan of Joseph Campbell. Anyone who can observe broadly, think deeply, and frame conceptually has my regard. Never heard of him? He’s the comparative mythology guru who realized that all mythic stories have twelve basic elements — Ordinary World, Call to Adventure, Refusal of the Call, etc.
Then along comes a student of Campbell’s […]
Posted in Bombshells, Athena Force on Mar 10th, 2006 10 Comments »
Alyssa asked a good question: What’s a continuity? If you’re not immersed in the world of series fiction, you might be asking that question.
A continuity is a series of related stories that span several months’ worth of releases. Each book in the series is written by a different author and has a different heroine. But […]
Posted in Bombshells, Athena Force on Mar 8th, 2006 6 Comments »
NEWS FLASH! Silhouette Bombshell has offered me a chance to write for Athena Force!
Posted in Bombshells on Jan 9th, 2006 2 Comments »
So I’m working my way through the galleys of Dead Reckoning and realize — with horror — that I must have been addicted to adverbs while writing that book.
Not good. I’ve never seen so many -ly words in all my life.
Now, maybe it’s good that my critique group didn’t notice (even the really nitpicky one) […]