Full Steam Ahead

I'm almost halfway through Draft #2 of GRUNSDAY now, and I'm not even that worried about the pothole I mentioned last week. I think ...

Stop for the Potholes? Or Drive Over Them?

Via Wikimedia Commons I know where the weak areas are in my WIP.  I saw them in the first draft, and I struggled with them again when I wrot...

Sharing Pictures via Flickr

If you haven’t already read the post by Roni Loren about a lawsuit over a picture she used on her blog, please do.  Yes, the chances of get...

WRiTE CLUB 2012 and Speed Dating for Your MC

On July 30, D.L. Hammons’s WRiTE CLUB will be back, bigger and better than ever.  If you don’t already follow D.L.’s blog Cruising Altitude...

When the Fish Don't Bite

It’s O’Dark Thirty in the Salerni house, and eight people are stumbling around, grabbing a bite to eat and mumbling at each other with as mu...

20/20 Hindsight

Now that I have finished the first draft of my WIP, I’m ready to start outlining it. I’ve never understood how writers outline their stories...

First Draft Finished!

There’s nothing like that feeling, is there? Late last Thursday night, I finished GRUNSDAY, the manuscript I started on April 2.  Fifteen we...

Pinterest, Tumblr, and Book Promotions: Worth It? Or Not?

I admit it. I don’t understand Pinterest or Tumblr.  I’ve looked up explanations of these social networks, but reading that Tumblr is a foru...

Mines and Manuscripts

I was in the Poconos last week, enjoying a writing retreat and then a couple days with my family.  During my day and a half alone, I wrote a...

First Impressions: THE TRANSPARENTS

Our third First Impressions critique  is a MG fantasy called THE TRANSPARENTS, by Vicki Tremper. Chapter 1: The Sneeze               Sometim...

First Impressions: DARK ONE'S MISTRESS

Today for First Impressions, Aldrea Alien is sharing her first page of DARK ONE’S MISTRESS, an adult fantasy. “Clarabelle!” The cry rang out...

First Impressions: CROSSING THE CULTURE

Our First Impressions for July begins with Honey Rose who is sharing the first page of her contemporary suspense story set in the rainforest...