Starlog

  • Cancer Sucks. I can prove it.

    Cancer Sucks. Well, I guess it’s a given.  No one would disagree with me.  The good news is that I’m cancer free again.  Modern medicine is a wonderful thing.  Yes, skin cancer is curable (if you catch it in time).  But I don’t think people realize what they have to do to cure it. My… Read more

  • Writing to a Deadline Part 2: “I still got Nothing.”

    In Part One, I told you about this publisher’s writing prompt.  I told you I decided to pass, even though it was a great opportunity.  It nagged at me, though.  I have written two Epic 400,000 word series.  Why the heck couldn’t I do something with this picture? I opened the web site back up. … Read more

  • Lesson Thirty from a Manuscript Red Line: Finale! Summing it all up

    Wow.  It has been about 7 months since my beta partner and I sat on the phone pulling our hair out over the comments the publisher made on her manuscript.  I think at this point I have hacked up and drilled everything they had to say as much as possible.  The rest of their comments are… Read more

  • Confusing Me and I… Ahhh the never ending quandary of a writer

    There was a great article on Dictionary.com this week about confusing “I” and “me” Click over here if you’d like to take a look.   http://hotword.dictionary.com/youandme/ Misuse of these two words is really common.  I hear people do it all the time.  Even in my own house, which I try to keep as grammatically correct as… Read more

  • Confessions of a Suddenly Smiling Stepper:What stupid writing thing did your Beta Reader find this week?

    I have to reiterate that Beta Readers are just the greatest thing EVER.  Especially if you can find someone who is almost as anal as you are! I just had a beta reader finish a 50-page excerpt.  She made some good comments, but the best thing she did was highlight every time I used the… Read more

  • Writing to a Deadline Part 1: “I got Nothing.”

    For the first time since college, I am writing to a deadline.  A publisher’s deadline.  Have I sold my work?  No.  A publisher has opened for submissions in a short window, and I figured, “Why not give it a try?” The publisher is putting out an anthology.  They have one short story from a published… Read more