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Paint Chips
I've spent the past few months making trips every so often to Lowe's and Home Depot and loading up on paint chips. I have a stack a...
The Trouble With Conflict
It's said that Story is Conflict. Guess what? I suck at conflict. At a workshop taught by the fabulous Jennifer Crusie, she let on tha...
Chicks. Dig. Giant. Robots.
I am not going to rush out looking for a yellow Camaro. I will not poke every tractor-trailer at the truck stop just in case it does someth...
The Value of a Character
One thing that fascinates me about stories is the way characters learn and grow through the course of the story, or in the case of villains ...
The Magick of Free Books
You know how, when you have kids, you rediscover all sorts of old childhood haunts from a completely new perspective. Amusement parks, regul...
Anniversary Party - The Entertainment
If Skylar thinks she's bad at planning seating arrangements, she's not had my experience with planning entertainment. At my wedding...
Lessons From Mom
My mother and I have a funny relationship. We are both very territorial, so consequently, we get along better when we've got a little d...
ZOMG WOW!
I checked my calendar this morning and wanted to kick myself because I missed my blog day (in my defense, it was Kindergarten Registration d...
Excerpt Time!
Well, it's theme week again here at Star-Crossed, and this week's theme is a random paged excerpt. I chose my excerpt from page 14 ...
Awash in Virgins
Yikes. I'm having a bit of a literary crisis here. I recently found a lot of my "noodle pot" stories--when I finish a big pr...
Monogamy in Erotic Romance...Or Not?
Well, I was going to do some clever April Fool's Post and backdate this to yesterday, but meh--insert your own suitable prankage here. ...
Boinnngggg!
Spriiiinnnnnggggg!!! Ever so glorious, thank the gods it's here finally, spring! I noticed that the Blogger dashboard this morning said,...
I Need a Hero...ine
I've got the seeds for a WIP for another anthology traveling around in my head. One of the minor characters I got somewhat attached to ...
Smurfish, Mother-Smurfer...Do You Smurf It?
So this week's special topic here at Star-Crossed is Alien Languages. I understand that Tolkien wrote the entire Lord of the Rings body...
Speculating on Speculative Fiction
Something spurred my brain into thought-mode the other day. In a review of Alien Communion over at Dear Author.com, Jayne made a remark th...
Ooo, L'Amour
This week's theme here at Star-Crossed is Valentine's Day. Traditionally, V-Day has been a high time in the world of romantic ficti...
Posta Culpa/Posta Trade-a
This is my "mea culpa" post ::blush:: . See, I was supposed to post on the first, but I moved on the 30th and well, I missed my p...
Strange New Worlds
This week's theme here at Star-Crossed is one I'm rather excited about. Being that we all write futuristics, fantasies, or SF, we&...
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