A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That ...

I'm all over the ball park with today's post. If I was marking a student paper, I would say this selection is "unfocused."...

How I Got My Film Option

I realized the other day that I’ve never blogged about how I got my film option! A definite oversight on my part! Well, it may not be as l...

Goals Assessment

Summer vacation is over. Kaput. Today is the last day, and tomorrow, I’ll have to shift my mental gears into teaching mode. Boy, are they...

Meet the Readers

Last night, I was a guest at the Avon Grove Library for Teen Night. “Meet the Author” the signs said – which, I have to admit, made me feel ...

My Summer To-Do List

Summer vacation starts today. It’s been a l-o-n-g spring. I know that I posted (with some bravado) back at the beginning of June that I was...

Liked the Book Better? Don't Blame the Screenwriter!

Today’s blogpost stems from two Twitter Chats I attended recently. In last week’s YAlitchat , writers and educators were discussing how teac...

Adapting a Novel for a Screenplay

How many times have you heard someone complain: "The movie isn’t like the book!" I’m pretty sure I have complained about that mys...

The Role of an Editor

I wonder if authors appreciate their editors enough. Writing is a very personal thing, and, especially in fiction, the characters and event...

Optimism in a New Decade

All in all, I'd have to say that 2009 was a good year for me. My short story "Necromancer" was published in the first volume...