Posted in Writing on Jul 2nd, 2007 1 Comment »
Imagine my surprise to open a hefty envelope from Silhouette and find 3 copies of Dead Reckoning — under the Mills and Boon Intrigue imprint!
The cover is substantially the same, but with a slightly different boat (a more correct one, actually). What a trip!
I had no idea they would select DR for distribution under Mills […]
Posted in Writing, Tech Writing on May 21st, 2007 3 Comments »
Whew. I’m not as young as I used to be…
I got back last Thursday from the Society for Technical Communication annual conference and finally feel relatively normal. I went early to attend the Master Writers 2-day course held over the weekend, and then spent 3 long days going to various workshops and sessions. The Master […]
Posted in Living, Writing on Mar 31st, 2007 4 Comments »
I was having lunch today with a friend of mine who told me this story.
She had a copy of The Orchid Hunter with her at a doctor’s appointment, and the intern asked her what she was reading. She told him she hadn’t started reading the book yet so she didn’t know exactly what it was […]
Posted in Writing on Mar 29th, 2007 3 Comments »
This came up on my personalized Google page today. Talk about a two-by-four between the eyes!
You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
— Jack London
Just do it, huh?
Posted in Living, Writing on Mar 25th, 2007 5 Comments »
Bombshell is no more, and I’m moving on to other (bigger, better) things. Obviously, I needed a new blog design, like changing a hairstyle after a break-up. I’ve been shopping around for other blog template designs, but most of the ones I liked didn’t work “out of the box,” so here’s the design I decided […]