Ramblings of an aspiring writer

Since I started on my journey as an author, one of the things I promised myself was that I wouldn’t be an asshat or a whiner. I mean, really, what’s the point? Being a jerk won’t ease the publication process for anyone. In return, I’ve had the good fortune of having others in the industry [...]

Things have been kind of crazy in the personal life lately, so that’s kind of put a crimp in most other things.
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Fitness — Working out? What’s that? Yeah. I kind of fell off my exercise program, but on a high note I’ve been sticking to the diet for the most part (weekends are a bear).
The [...]

So, after my RT round-up post, I was asked to talk about the pitch sessions some more. This is my attempt to manage that without sounding like an idiot.
I arrived at the convention around ten in the morning, with my first pitch scheduled that day at three in the afternoon. And to make matters worse, [...]

At almost the very last minute, I found out I could register for agent & editor pitch sessions at the Romantic Times Convention online. (Yes, once I re-read the site, it was clear, but when I looked before the only part that registered was “on site only”.)
So, now I have appointments. Go me.
Er yeah. I [...]

I was talking to a friend of mine about writing today. Someone had told her not to be too critical of first drafts. She told me she wanted to kick them “because first drafts suck”. 
            Which got me to thinking: writers often refer to their books as “their children”, especially when we send them [...]