Starlog

  • Flash Fiction Friday on Wednesday – The Long Walk

    First of all… If you haven’t signed up for Write a Story with me, hop on over and sign up.  Our authors are already plugging away.  What fun!  Sign up here. Okay… now on to the important business of the day… Flash Fiction… Setting the timer for five minutes.  I have a bad headache, and… Read more

  • For my present… I want you to write a story with me. Happy Blogiversary to me! Hop on board!

    Are you ready to write a story together?  Let’s go! Yay!  It’s my Blogiversary!  A year ago when I started this little writer’s haven for my monotonous mind, I had absolutely nothing to say.  My first post was “Okay, I have a blog.  So now, what”.  Very funny. So, Let’s talk about my present.  Yes, I… Read more

  • The Road to Publication #8: The Photo Shoot

    If you don’t have professional pictures, be prepared that you will be expected to make an appointment with a photographer for marketing materials. When you do this… Learn from my mistake… don’t schedule it a few days before the pictures are actually due. I went on a Saturday.  The pictures were due Tuesday at the… Read more

  • 6 Sentence Sunday – “Make it Stop!”

    Someone told me once you can never torture your Main Character too much.  Tee Hee.  Here are six torturous sentences from my current work:  Fire in the Woods. Pain edged into my brain, peeling back my skull and slicing what it found inside, bearing no mercy or reluctance.  I slammed my hands against my ears,… Read more

  • Book Trailer. Friend or Fiend?

    Book Trailers.  What do you think of them?  Are they valuable?  Is this the next best way to use the wonderful free media  outlets out there to help promote yourself, or is this the next best way to shoot yourself in the foot? Which camp are you in? My answer (Surprise!  I have an opinion!)… Read more

  • Ten things I wish I knew before I was published #1 (Lessons Learned from Jon Gibbs)

    Jon Gibbs is the author of one of my son’s favorite books:  FUR-FACE, which was nominated for a Crystal Kite Award. Recently, my son and I took a ½ hour trek to a local library to hear Jon speak about the ten things he wished he knew before he got published.  I love that I… Read more