Starlog

  • Lucky Seven Meme

    Okay, here is a new one.  It’s really an Authors game, and this is kind of fun.  I was tagged by my buddy, amazing soon-to-be published author Jenny Keller Ford. Here’s the rules of engagement: 1.  Go to page 77 of your current manuscript or WIP 2.  Go to line 7.  Copy down the next seven  sentences… Read more

  • 10,000: Why is that the Magic Number? Welcome to My Madness

    I originally wasn’t going to post this, but I changed my mind.  This first part I wrote on February 1st, 2012.  I will continue it below with an update… Feb 1, 2012 I have officially been blogging for six months.  I don’t want to seem redundant, but I NEVER expected anyone to read me.  Today,… Read more

  • What stupid writing thing did your beta find this week? Darth Vader Syndrome

    My characters breathe.  There.  I said it.  THEY BREATHE.  People breathe, right?  Get over it! Ugh.  A beta recently said “your characters breathe a lot.”  Hmmmmm.  Do they?  Nifty little count-it trick to the rescue (Click here if you need the trick) Yikes!  In 50 pages different characters breathed deeply, or took some sort of… Read more

  • Published Author Brinda Berry takes on the Little Blue Lady from Mars: (An Interview)

    I want an interview Sorry Little Blue Lady from Mars.  I don’t have time to interview you today. Unacceptable!  I will be interviewed! Wow!  Did you just get bigger?  Ummmm… Will you answer questions?  Give helpful comments? Ha Ha!  No!  I am here to take over the world! . . Ummmmm.  Maybe next week.  Today we are… Read more

  • Writing to a Deadline Part 3: “I got something… now what?”

    “I got something… Now what?” If you’re just hopping into the insanity that is my writing life, check out Parts #1 and #2 or this won’t make sense. So, I have a main character.  I know who she is.  I’ve written two pages.  She meets a little girl and a dog.  I stop myself. Learn… Read more

  • By Request: Lay Versus Lie

    I have to admit:  this one gets me too. I think the problem is that everyone out there who tries to explain it goes so stinking in-depth that they just make it more confusing than it needs to be. I found articles that flung around transitive and intransitive… tenses… participles… Ugh!  Can anyone explain the… Read more