Ahhhh . . . sweatshirt weather, my favorite season! Bring on the autumn, baby.

Yesterday, I FINALLY busted through revisions on a very difficult chapter, the kind where the emotional arc of three main characters collide. What a relief! Now I have another roughly seventy-five pages before this draft is finished. Then I’ll have […]

The shop’s been closed for a while, but today we have Nancy Viau joining us! Nancy is a Class of 2k8 member and the author of Samantha Hansen has rocks in her head.

Sam is a ten-year-old mad scientist, but she doesn’t blow up stuff or change kids into cats that bark. She just has […]

Wave the flag, fire off the shotgun start and let the games begin because today is the first day of Jonowrimo , woo-HOO!
Need some inspiration? Listen to Laura Izibor’s amazing song, Shine a few times. It’s a great motivator!

Forget calling Jenny Craig. Have you jonowrimo’d yet?
Tick, tock, it starts next Monday, September 15, so sign up, already!

My goals?
1. Finish editing my current wip by the end of September.
2. Write the first draft of a novel that I CAN’T WAIT to start!

Ouch.
I have, once again–for the thousandth time–rededicated myself to a workout plan. So, after lifting weights yesterday, I had to find a new best friend . . .

This stuff is A-W-E-S-O-M-E! My sore, achy-breaky back is now burning and tingling in the most delightful way. And I need all the help I […]

Many, many congratulations to Marlene Perez for the September 1st release of DEAD IS THE NEW BLACK!

Thanks to the lovelies at Harcourt Paperbacks, I got a copy over the summer and I absolutely LOVED it! I’m looking forward to the follow-ups, DEAD IS A STATE OF MIND and DEAD IS SO […]

Fourteen. More. Chapters. To. Go.
And then I’m done, done, done with this massive rewrite. (Well, I still need to go back and do another rewrite, but probably not as massive as this one. At least I hope not as massive.)
Anyway, if you need a giggle, watch this. It […]

Sort Of Dunno Nothin’
Oh my gosh, this is HILARIOUS! Thanks, Kristen, for sharing the link and giving me a good laugh. (And congrats on the Razorbill book deal!)
Enjoy . . . especially you parents of teenagers.
Go here to see what I’m talking about.

Questions I asked my now-freshman son yesterday:
Did you know a lot of people on your bus?
Who did you sit with?
What was your bus driver like?
Did you find your homeroom okay?
What was you homeroom teacher like?
Did you find your first mod classroom okay?
Did you know anyone in your class?
What was your teacher like?
Where did you sit?
Oh, […]

I thought I would slip back into the blogging groove by posting something funny and flippant. But I can’t.
Why?
Because I’m distracted.
Why am I distracted?
Because my oldest son is now in high school. HIGH SCHOOL!!!! As in, a freshman in high school. I’m now the mother of a freshman in high school […]