No, I don’t mean the showtime series. Today I’m thinking about one of my influences for In the Red. I’ve loved fairy tales since I was a little girl. I was immersed in all sorts of versions from a very young age. While I tend to lean towards Grimm, Eastern European, and Russian tales, I’ve also … More Before Red Boots there were Red Shoes
Before I forget…to everyone who offered me birthday wishes here in comments, on facebook, or otherwise – thank you. You guys are very awesome and I am very lucky to be surrounded by so much good will. It was a very nice day, indeed, save an accident where I brilliantly grabbed the wrong hair dye … More Random thoughts on birthdays and updates
At the risk of posting a lot of updates right in a row, I’d like to catch everyone up on some places I’ve been and some things I’ve been up to. Had a great time in a group podcast chat about the relationship between authors and reviewers and bloggers. A lot of great info got … More updates, edits, and new projects!
I’m working like mad on edits/reworks for In the Red so this will be a short update! This is definitely one of those manuscripts that has a backstory as long as the actual story! My guest post about writing what you know and how it applies to genre fiction is up at Workaday Reads! I’ve … More News and Updates!
So my early childhood writer self did not, in fact, remain limited to fantasy stories. Nope, I also decided that it was my destiny to be a self-help/instructional writer as well. So today we are visiting my short essay on a project you can do with everyone in your life. In fact, I highly suggest … More The Lost Manuscripts: Here’s an idea for Mother’s Day!
So I’ve been paging through the book Monsters in the Movies by John Landis over the past couple weeks. While I find the title a little bit of a misnomer – it covers everything from the typical booga-booga style monsters, but also movie serial killers and faeries/mythological creatures – I really love this book. It’s … More Monster Madness
I survived last week and I am back! I want to catch everyone up on some things I’ve had going on – these items can also always be found on my Facebook Fan Page and if you haven’t stopped by and given me a like..well…what are you waiting for? I have an interview up at … More News and Updates!
This is a quickie! I’m being interviewed by the awesome J.C. Martin and as she was cool enough to put the interview up today amidst some technical difficulties I want to be sure everyone knows to check out her blog! She asks great questions and us fellow campaigners have to stick together! You can find the … More Quick update!
In interviews and guest posts around the web I’ve mentioned that I’ve been writing since I was a kidlet. Whether it was little writing assignments for school, making ‘books’ about family vacations or holidays, or plunking away on the little sky blue toy typewriter my parents got me when I was five, I’ve been making … More SJ: the lost manuscripts – A Story of the Middle Ages
It’s St. Patrick’s Day and you know what that means! It’s time for a blog hop!! As I’ve grown older St. Paddy’s day is one of those days I tend to forget about until the last minute. I was much better at it when I was younger – to the point of giving my theatre professors … More Happy St. Patrick’s Day Blog Hop!
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