Ramblings of an aspiring writer

(I know, I know, this should have been up hours ago. I promise to be more on the ball next week. Really.)
For a while now, agents have been complaining about how the parents in YA (especially paranormal YA) are either dead, neglectful, or oblivious. They want stories featuring teens with intact, functional families. On the [...]

It’s kind of crazy looking back over the years and seeing how certain styles come and go (and occasionally come back again). When I was little I remember my sisters talking about how awful bell-bottoms were and how they’d never wear them again. Flash forward about twenty years and, surprise, the look was back. Of [...]

This is a vacation issue of updates, so I’m going to be really low-key about it.
My house is [barring robbery, fire, or other (un)natural disaster] in the same shape I left it. Grass is probably getting too long by this point, but there isn’t much I can do about it right now.
Working out? Hahahahaha I [...]

Yesterday at the in-laws, the hubs and I took the kids out on the jet-skis. After about an hour, our five-year-old daughter was done. She wanted to go back to the house. Since hubby has been boating and stuff on this lake periodically for twenty-odd years, I stupidly assumed he knew his way around. Yeah. [...]

(Apologies in advance for the lack of pictures, hotel internet is being wonky.)
I’m writing this as midnight approaches and thinking of all the things I used to do last minute as a teenager. There weren’t a lot of them, but one sticks in my mind above the others: writing papers. Seems not much has changed.
Tonight [...]

No major update this week since I’m on vacay.
Not really working out, but doing a LOT of walking. Writing when I can and trying not to get distracted by shiny things.
On a high note, we’ve hit the Air and Space Museum, the Natural History Museum, and the Smithsonian Castle. Tomorrow it’s off to the zoo [...]

I totally planned to blog today. Really I did. Unfortunately, as so often happens, life got in the way.
I’ve spent most of the day running around like a chicken with my head cut off. It hasn’t been pretty, trust me. What that means is it is five o’clock and no blog post.
The thing is life [...]

As many of you know, I have a rather warped sense of humor. I think I developed this at a young age. You see, when I was a kid in the 70’s a couple of women single-handedly started trends in hair styles. One was Farrah Fawcett with her long, golden waves and massive feathering (I [...]

Quick report this week.

Fitness (non-writing, obviously) — Still working out, still basically on track. I totally skipped yesterday, but I’m not going to stress about it. I’ve also started a new diet. I’m using this week (pre-vacay) as a trial run since I know I probably can’t stick to it while I’m away. So far, [...]

People who know me understand that depending on the situation and the people who are around, I can either be extremely loud and talkative or I can clam up and basically disappear into the woodwork. It’s both a gift and a curse, because usually my instincts just drive me to certain behavior, and I have [...]