Starlog

  • A new Award! The Creative Chaos, Versatile Blogger and Illuminating Blogger Award.

    I would like to thank My Pen and Me for bestowing on me the Creative Chaos Award.  Isn’t it pretty? This is an award I’ve never seen.  So cool to come home to a surprise today! And this one asks to do some new stuff, so I’ll accept this one officially just for the fun of it.… Read more

  • It. I Really Hate It.

    I have a new word to add to my hate list.  It’s “it”. I am trying to hand my publisher a clean manuscript.  The analyzer asked me the remove 5 cases of “there” (no problem) Once case of something else (it was easy, so I don’t remember).  It told me that I had 109 uses… Read more

  • Biggest Mistakes New Writers Make #3: Nope, you can’t explain yourself. Sorry, not allowed!

    At a recent Author’s panel discussion, Jonathan Maberry, Mike McPhail, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Jon Gibbs, Jennifer R. Hubbard, and Kristin Battestella discussed the biggest mistakes they believe writers make. Mike McPhail commented that you CANNOT explain your novel to people. Think about that.  What Mike said is that you are not going to be there to… Read more

  • Review Of Percy Jackson #3 — Titan’s Curse

    The Monomaniacle Middle Grade Reviewer Takes on Percy Jackson #3 TITAN”S CURSE — in the middle of the night. Yes, he woke me up.  That’s why I sound like that. At 2:35 No, I didn’t drop the camera.  He kicked me. At 4:02 — The dog wanted to go back to bed, too. Read more

  • Hey! Look at me! I’m a ROW 80 Sponsor!

    Wahoo!  We are well into Round 2 of Row 80, and I am proud to be one of the sponsors helping out the lovely and talented Kait Nolan on her ambitious endeavor to keep writers writing. Today, you can find me ranting about how to get started on a new work, or how to write your… Read more

  • National Tattoo Day with Special Guest “Tattoo Guy”, Jord Fox

    Okay, so, it was like this:  I am standing in line at the coffee shop, and I see this guy in front of me covered with tattoos. After he gets his double mocha latte, I say, “So, Dude, what’s up with all the tattoos?” He looks up, laughs (spitting out about $2.00 worth of his… Read more