Starlog

  • I’m going to Hell. (A character Study)

    As an author, I like to study people who are very different from me.  I try to figure them out… what makes them tick… why do they do the things they do?  Why do they think like they do? I started pondering this last week when I wrote the last lines of my “Book Banning”… Read more

  • Flash Fiction Friday on Tuesday – Calm after the storm

    Set the timer for five minutes.  Ummm…  Rain…  Go! The unyielding drumming of rain on the skylights rattles the room.  The lamps cannot even penetrate the dismal dread of the storm.  Clouds swirl and billow overhead, while lightning demands attention as it crackles through the sky. Stop. Silence. The eye of the storm. The wary… Read more

  • Writing to a Deadline Part 12: The Slap of a Rejection

    After a week of waiting… Rejected. Wow.  That stung.  I read the email.  Well, that’s not true.  After the words “Not ready for publication at this time.” I pretty much skimmed it. Two things stuck with me off the bat.  George was an unnecessary character, and the opening was confusing.  What??????????  George is the catalyst! … Read more

  • What are you writing?

    I just hit another milestone.  15,000 hits. When I started blogging nine months ago, and no one seemed to be out there, I never dreamed that blogging would ever turn into a hobby, or that there would be so many people reading me.  The Versatile Blogger, Creative Blogger, Leibster award, 7 x 7 Link Award,… Read more

  • Marketing your novel while querying.

    How do you do this?  Should you do this? Everything I’ve read, and every author I’ve spoken to says: “Yes.” When I pressed the submit button to the Publisher for my novelette LAST WINTER RED, I mulled for a little while about how important Marketing was to them. Now, don’t let that surprise you.  All publishers… Read more

  • Writing to a Deadline Part 11: To submit, or not to submit?

    This is where uncertainty creeps in. I’m done.  I can’t make it any better than it is… at least not in the next few hours… So I just sit and stare at my screen. I made the mistake of beta-reading my writing buddy’s submission, and her final version knocked my socks off.  It also made me… Read more