Starlog

  • The Road to Publication #3: The Bad News – More Editing?

    Wait a minute… I just spent two months writing to a deadline.  Now I have more deadlines?  Yikes! Wow, the day after the contract was signed, all the “stuff” came flooding in.  Tons of emails, and tons of information.  I knew that there would be a lot to do, but I must admit, when I… Read more

  • Make Believe Anthology: The back of the cover. Yay! Another Reveal!

    Along with the book cover, and here ya go, in case you missed it. Sigh… just don’t get tired of looking at my name on there… Anyway… Along with the book cover, we now have the back cover copy with details on all the cool stories about this little lady in red. And no, It’s… Read more

  • Biggest Mistakes New Writers Make #1 – Avoid the Dreaded Delete Frenzy

    At a recent NJ Author’s talk on “Getting Published”, a group of published authors discussed the biggest mistakes they think new writers make.  Boy did they have a long list! The panel consisted of: Jonathan Maberry, Mike McPhail, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Jon Gibbs, Jennifer R. Hubbard, and Kristin Battestella. As always, I love learning from mistakes others… Read more

  • Review of Skyline, from a Writer’s Perspective.

    Skyline is the perfect example of how you can ruin a spectacular movie in the last three seconds. This movie had everything. Explosions? Check Action/Adventure? Check Well written characters? Check Original? (Well, pretty much.  It felt a little like ID4 Independence Day shown from another perspective) Great plot? Check (until the end) Closure on all… Read more

  • Flash Fiction Friday Now on Wednesday! – Succumb to Fire

    Spend five minutes with my favorite character, Magellan. Magellan lifted his hands to shield his face.  Heat and flames licked against his skin, taunting, begging to devour.  They reached up and around him, a wall, impenetrable, indomitable, deadly. He stepped back, reeling from the heat, and the flames advanced.  Sweat dampened his temple as his… Read more

  • The Cover Reveal-Seeing your name on a book jacket for the first time.

    ***Woa.*** So, I was rattling through my email the other day, and my buddy Jenny Keller Ford sends me a message saying: “Did you see the cover with your name on it yet?” So, yeah, I scrambled through all my emails, searching frantically, and low and behold… there it was. The contract felt pretty real,… Read more