The Joy of Fan Mail

As Lynda said in yesterday’s post, fan mail is one of the few things that can make you feel like a real writer. It’s odd that so many author...

Theme Week - Fan Mail

There are a few things that will make a person really feel like a writer -- contracts, royalty checks and fan mail. A writer spends the bulk...

New Release Available Today!

I’m thrilled to announce my latest release, the sequel to my 2006 werewolf story, Wolfsbane: Aspect of the Wolf. Here’s the blurb for Wolfsb...

Sedentary Seduction

One of the things that hit me at the conferences I’ve attended is the issue of writers’ fitness. Everywhere I looked I saw plump middles and...

Like A Drunken Sailor

There's always a point in one's career when one must look back upon the path and all the decisions leading up to that point, and gaz...

I'm early - good news!

Firstly, I know it's not my day to blog, but I'm not going to be on the air on Wednesday, so I thought I'd just sneak in with a ...

Guest - Angie Fox

Good morning everyone! Today's guest is pure serendipity :D Skylar suggested the Contest theme week that we just had and none of us real...

Win, Lose or Draw

Keep in mind all you’re about to hear is coming from a reverted contest slut. I’ve entered over 50, finalled in a few and placed in a couple...

Ya Pays Yer Buck & Ya Takes Yer Chances

Contests are a crapshoot. Now, before all the contest coordinators from RWA chapters put out contract hits on me, let me qualify this and sa...

Contests - to Contest or Not?

eeee ....I don't know if I should blog today or not! Why? Because I have only entered one contest...if I remember correctly. * sheepish ...

Judge not lest ye be judged

I apologize for the brimstonyness of the title of my post - it did seem appropriate when talking about contests. Let me start first by sayin...

Theme Week - Contests

Sexy Comments & Profile Graphics Gack. Mondays are hard but Mondays are my day so let me just swallow another sip of coffee and I'll...

Star Light, Star Bright....Interstellar Interview with Virginia Kantra

Virginia Kantra is a USA Today bestselling author and winner of the Golden Leaf, Holt Medallion, Maggie Award of Excellence and 2 National R...

Becoming a Writer

I didn't become a writer overnight. (I wish I did!) It's the same little story - I'd been writing since I was knee high to a gr...

Guest - Maureen Fisher

Good morning everyone! I hope you're having a fantastic summer. We here at Star-Crossed have been all the wonderful guests we've had...

Beginner's Class: The Paper Clip

Ursula says, damn the Paperclip! But he may have a point. Sorry, I missed my blog day this week – partly because I didn’t really have a good...

Professional Development--A Season For Everything

"How long have you been writing?" "Did you go to college for it?" "How did you learn to write?" The three ques...