Starlog

  • Can you make us “GASP” contest entry

    Here is my “famous in my own mind” contest entry for Brenda Drake’s “Can you make us GASP” contest.  My poor eight-year-old son still refuses to sleep alone after reading this.  It’s going on two weeks now.  (Sorry, Buddy) I feel like a horrible mother, but who better to judge a middle grade “GASP” than… Read more

  • Wow. It’s kind of weird

      I am numb.  I really am. This week is the three-month anniversary of my blog. My first post was July 17th. When I started this blog, I had no idea what I was going to do with it.  I just did it because everyone says it’s a good idea.  I couldn’t imagine that anyone… Read more

  • ROW80 Check-in 10-19-2011

    Well, my first goal was to enter the 50-Word Summary Contest.  Due to the Nature of the prize, that was my primary focus.  I am happy to say that I took a deep breath and entered.  Thanks to everyone who gave feedback.  Here was my final entry: Darkness threatens the galaxy from within. Magellan Talbot,… Read more

  • Thor: A review from a Writer’s Perspective

    I just watched the movie “Thor” with my husband and son.  My son was so excited.  We checked the “Mommy” reviews, and I decided it would be okay for my oldest son to watch (The younger ones probably could have watched it too.  It was no worse than cartoon violence in most cases, and no… Read more

  • ROW 80 Check in 10-16-2011

    Had a great week.  I finished a 59 page beta read, gave him 199 comments and a 300 word synopsis of my thoughts. The dream sequences are done, and I did a scan through and  loved the way they fit into the novel… Unfortunately, I now have 118,000  words (18,000 to cut rather than 17,000)… Read more

  • Help! What’s my bad-guy’s name?

    I need some input.  My Bad-guy’s name is “Darkness”.  It didn’t really start out that way.  Darkness was just something to be afraid of, and then he developed into a person, and the name stuck.  I know “Darkness” has been used before.  Do you think it’s cliché? I’ve also been playing with the name “Malice”  What… Read more