Starlog

  • Book Review: The Artisans by Julie Reece

    I’ve been looking forward to this book release for a long time. Julie Reece is the author of CRUX, which is one of my favorite paranormal/mythical novels. Now she’s out with a brand new YA novel. Woohoo! The Artisans is a “Southern Gothic”. I had no idea what that meant, so I was surprised when it… Read more

  • BookCon – The book lover’s event to end all book lover’s events

    BookCon. If you haven’t heard of it, take a moment to try and fathom 10,000 people converging on one convention center for two days with the sole purpose of meeting authors, listening to authors speak, and taking in panels on all things related to books. It’s book mania! If anyone told me a year ago that… Read more

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

    Wow.  We’ve been looking at this manuscript (again) for 30 weeks. My does time fly!  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 just repeats of the same mistakes throughout the work. Sooooo….. This is the last… Read more

  • Gah! So much going on!

      Omigosh! I have so much going on I totally forgot to post today! I’m finishing up second round edits on ASHES IN THE SKY, and writing up a formal outline for book four of FIRE IN THE WOODS to submit to Month9Books. I should know by June 30th whether or not my publisher wants… Read more

  • Lesson Twenty-Nine from a Manuscript Red Line: How’s your synopsis?

    Side note: This is a repost from February of 2012. At that time, I was finishing a novel that I had spent several years on. I smile when I read things I had to say about that story, realizing that I have written six (yes, six) novels since then, and three novellas. I would never… Read more

  • Wow. Just wow 

    Something happened last night that blew my mind. I sat in my car, staring at the email, crying.  Don’t worry. They were happy tears.  There are many steps in a writer’s journey. And while I always “hoped” certain things would happen, deep down, I never really expected them to. I’m not sure what I can… Read more