Starlog

  • The Road to Publication #4: Meeting Other Authors

    When the gads of information started coming in from my publisher, one of the “neat little perks” was the key to the background of J. Taylor Publishing’s Website. No… not the part where I can re-program it, silly… the password protected part.  Grooving around there, I found a forum… and low and behold I saw… Read more

  • The Art of Procrastination: Isn’t Writing Still Fun?

    I did something for the first time the other day.  I procrastinated. Now, I’m not talking about the laundry, or doing the dishes—I procrastinated about writing. Editing to be more exact. Believe it or not, I have NEVER procrastinated before when it had to do with writing.  Never Ever.  Writing was always my escape.  What… Read more

  • Biggest Mistakes New Authors Make #2—Jumping the gun- Writing Non-linearly

    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. Mistake number two was not writing linearly, which means not writing your story from start to finish, beginning to end, without jumping around. Everyone gets great ideas… Read more

  • Review of “The Best Book Ever” Genius Files, Never Say Genius by Dan Gutman

    The Monomaniacal Middle Grade Reviewer’s take on Genius Files Never Say Genius. “The Best Book Ever” You heard it here first.  Thank you, Dan Gutman. Related articles Getting Air by Dan Gutman (battleofthebooks2012.wordpress.com) Read more

  • Flash Fiction from a Six Year old — Why not? It’s better than some of my stuff

    Flash Fiction from a Six Year Old.  Kids can amaze you sometimes. I had an interesting experience with my six-year-old today.  I thought it would be fun to share. He has a project due tomorrow.  Unfortunately, we haven’t been going through his book bag every day, so we didn’t notice it until late last night.… Read more

  • Silly Things We Authors Do When We Get Punchy

    I’m interrupting Flash Fiction Tuesday to share a very funny email conversation. “Shelly” had contacted my through email to ask me a question about beta readers.  Of course, I helped her out.  Afterwards, until the wee hours of the night, we went back and forth in this silly fantasy conversation. This is a prime example… Read more