House Paint
What is with all these houses painted Baby-Poo Brown? I gather it’s “trendy”, or “fashionable” or something. Sorry folks… I don’t see the appeal. It’s …
Road to Recovery Without a Map
This has been quite a year… 2010 featured the 2010 Olympics, the non-celebration of my 20th wedding anniversary due to crazy circumstances… and then things …
Talk about writing
this is a post on the topic of Krista’s novel Dark Elf’s Warrior and her recent work on Griffin. See the categories in the sidebar?
Write what you know.…
After crazy thoughts of direct communication, followed by advice about futility, I recall the most important words of wisdom: “Be careful what you say, or …
Starting fresh
I’ve given my blog a new look. It may not stay like this, as I experiment with it. But it needed a facelift, as I’m …
To Each Her Own in Problem Solving
New obstacles to finishing this dang rewrite are being thrown at me. Every time I think I’ve solved some major problems and I nearly have …
The Joy of Plot Element Labels
The chest of potions that appears early on in my first novel, Dark Elf’s Warrior, has been a bit of a problematic device to myself …
Satire over the head
We are quickly discovering that if we are going to show satirical movies to our kids, they need to understand what is being satirized. They …
Family and Friends. Oh, and POV. Part 2
Like I said, summer is always a difficult time for me to write.… Little to no structure to the day, the kids are around, other …
The Retreat Was Successful, Now Get Back to Work!
Life gets in again… I had a very successful retreat up to Powell River. I wrote on the coach on the way there, I wrote …