I wrote this in an email to an author friend, on the subject of writing as a career, as opposed to other, more lucrative and “parent-and-society-approved” professions. Â I’m posting it here in the hopes that it resonates with other...
This week in my Meaningful Gamification class, we’re studying behaviorism and how rewards are used to affect behavior. Â So basically people have studied how doling out rewards/in what ways they’re doled out affects learning. Â So if you...
As most of you probably know (I think), I do a lot of knitting and crocheting. Â Last year I made my first venture into crochet design with the ponies, and this summer I made my first knit design. Â In all my years of knitting and crocheting, I...
As of now I just finished my last final for summer semester! Â Now I have two weeks off before it all starts up again… Book wise, I have not forgotten about you all who are diligently waiting for The Trials of Renegade X. Â I’ve had to...
Once upon a time, in 2004, in a faraway land called Bellingham, WA, where the sky, the earth, and the sea are all the same shade of gray, I got it into my head that I wanted a portable writing device. Â I had a desktop at the time and I wanted to be...
So you know that Garbage song, I’m Only Happy When It Rains? Â Yeah, well, it took me forever to realize that song was about being emo. Â Not like I’m actually only happy when it rains, but when you grow up in the NW, especially in some...
So, I can admit that the beginning of the year was a lot busier than I expected (A LOT busier). Â I pubbed my middle grade noir mystery, Harper Madigan: Junior High Private Eye. Â I expanded from doing commissions on DeviantArt to an actual Etsy...
So I was at the store earlier today and saw one of the horrendously non-canon toys Hasbro makes for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Â They have a talking Princess Celestia who is not only the wrong color (she’s white, not pink, in the...
Taking a break from work and school related deadlines to answer another publishing question! Â Mel asks: If I sent my manuscript to an agent about a year ago (who requested a full) , but since then have significantly revised it, would you suggest...
If you’re submitting your novels to agents or editors, or even thinking about submitting, you’ve probably had to deal with query letters. And, if you’re anything like I was when I was sending out query letters, the thought of...