• I’m off to guest blog …

    I’ve been added as a regular columnist over at Romancing the Blog. I’m going to be writing about reader interests and issues about once a month or so. Today, I’m talking about the end of the Harry Potter series. Check it out!

  • A few good posts …

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    It’s cold outside, I’m super busy at work, and I have book revisions to do. In other words, I’m coping out and linking to some other cool blogs today. Enjoy.

    Want to know about the good and bad of being published? Click on over to Romance Unleashed for the highs and lows of finally selling that first book.

    For more smart talk about publishing and writing, visit Magical Musings.

    For a take on happy endings, surf over to Romance Worth Killing For.

    For reviews and more, check out The Good, the Bad, and the Unread. You have to love a site that paraphrases a Clint Eastwood movie.

    That’s it for today. Wherever you are, stay warm! 😎

  • Thinking with pictures …

    A visual dictionary? This is too cool for words. :cool: 

    It sort of reminds me of how I think — namely the fact that I go off on wild tangents, especially when writing or verbally sparring with my significant other (who, incidentally, sent me this link). Somehow, we started talking about string theory the other day, despite the fact that neither one of us knew exactly what it was. (It’s something about how particles are string-like instead of one-dimensional points).

    And this dictionary makes me think about all those brainstorming exercises we use to do back in school. Think of a word. Think of a word related to that word. Think of another word … Somehow, I could always go from blue to asparagus in three easy steps. Weird, I know. But that’s how I roll.

    What about you? Do you like tangents in your stories? Or prefer straight lines and plots? Inquiring minds want to know …

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    From He-Man to Lois Lane …

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    Meljean Brook has a cool blog post about He-Man up today. I loved this show and its companion piece, She-Ra, when I was a kid. Meljean talks about why Teela can never figure out that Prince Adam and He-Man are really one and the same. It’s funny stuff. Check it out.

    Many of her points can be related to various comic-book heroines and one in particular — Lois Lane. Good ole Lois might be one of the world’s foremost investigative reporters, but for some reason, she just can’t figure out that Clark Kent is really Superman. C’mon Lois, are you blind? Why are you letting that little pair of glasses throw you off? I know Superman is supposed to have “superhypnotism” to keep people from guessing his real identity, but woman up and get to the bottom of things.

    This is one thing that frustrates me about comics, and partly why I wrote Karma Girl. I was tired of seeing the hero’s secret identity strung out forever. It just becomes ridiculous after a while. Like on Smallville. The only people who don’t know Clark’s secret are Lois, Lana, and Lex. Everyone else from Mama Kent to Chloe to freaking Lionel Luther knows. And, of course, the guest star of the week figures it out too. But never Lois, Lana, or Lex. Argh! Get a clue people!

    Okay, that’s my rant for the day. What about you? Do you like the whole secret-identity thing? It is believable? Overused? Inquiring minds want to know … 

  • For those of you keeping count …

    70,965.

    That’s my final word tally from Jan. 3-12. I did one draft of 40,160 words and another one of 30,805 words.

    And I’m spent.

    Now, I have to look at these craptastic drafts and see if there’s anything there worth working on further …