I hadn’t really been following the whole scandal with Cris Serruya (ghostwriter for Cris who plagiarized other romance writer’s work) until recently with a brand new piracy site popping up. Here’s what I fail to understand. Why would a writer ever use a ghostwriter? Ghostwriting is such a foreign concept to me. The whole idea… Read More The Underbelly of Writing…
It’s the first day of March and I am reminded of the old saying that, March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. In my experience, this is never really true. First, the weather is never predictable. A friend of mine who was in the meteorologist business used to say that predicting… Read More Lions and Lambs…
I’ve always known I was a little different. I’m sure that is an experience many of you can relate to. Story after story of what it was like to be a lesbian in middle school and high school are relatively prevalent in lesfic. But, I take that one step further. Within that small community, I… Read More Odd Girl Out…
I’ve been thinking a lot about inspiration lately, which is odd because right at this moment I possess zero of the slippery little bugger. I researched the definition of inspiration and thought it was perfect: “the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.” I’ve joked on Facebook… Read More Inspiration…
Expectations are a good thing, right? When your boss lays out clear expectations for a job, it makes it easy to perform well. That’s a basic management tenet. So how does that apply to writing? That’s something I’ve been pondering lately. Beware: this is not a blog for the faint of heart! I started thinking… Read More Great Expectations…
Recently I was doing my schtick at New Employee Orientation where I weave in stories (some are 100% true, some are embellished and some are made up). I’ve been doing this for quite a long time and for the most part, it is successful. People enjoy the stories, videos, and exercises intended to make several… Read More The Power of Stories…
I don’t know how many of you remember the campy soap opera Dark Shadows that was popular in the late 60’s to early 70’s. I am certainly dating myself when I say I used to watch this show. Imagine my utter joy when there was a remake of the popular show in the early 90’s.… Read More Dark Shadows
Last week I introduced the notion of talking about promiscuity in this week’s blog because frankly, I am disappointed in myself. Why? Good question. See, I found a passage in one of my books that seemed to suggest a person who enjoys casual sex is somehow less than. One of my favorite characters is the… Read More Promiscuity…
Sorry, sorry, I know I should not have gone there, but in my defense, Pink Floyd’s LP, The Wall would not exit my head. I could not help myself. I started to redo the words almost instantly. We don’t need no cement barrier, We don’t need no big fat wall, No dark suppression on the… Read More All in All He’s Just Another Prick For The Wall….
On January 1st, my wife and I started the big countdown until we both retire at the end of the year. Yup, the goal is to retire by the end of THIS YEAR. We are both so friggin’ excited, we can hardly stand it. Did you know there are multiple ways to do a countdown?… Read More The Big Countdown…
