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The Joy of Revisions
Okay, that’s a misleading title. There is very little joy in revisions, but still, I thought I’d comment on revisions for my used-to-be-A-Fairy-Godmother’s-Guide-to-Saving-Troubled-Teens-and-now-will-be-whatever-the-marketing-department-comes-up-with. The last title they suggested was, “Be Careful What You Wish For” which I quickly vetoed. I…
Continue ReadingHawaii Blog
I love Hawaii. I really do. In fact, even though I am day-glow white, I think I might actually be a native Hawaiian. I’m basing this on the fact that I’m always late for everything–which apparently is also known as…
Continue ReadingMothers’ Day card/ cleaning fairy
I have a saying which I use frequently with my children. It is: “Hey, the cleaning fairy doesn’t live here. Pick up your stuff.” Sometimes we even have entire conversations along the same lines. Child: I don’t want to do…
Continue ReadingA New Dawn is out
News flash for all of you Stephenie Meyer fans: You’ll like this book. I was contacted a few months ago and asked if I wanted to write an essay about the Twilight series for a compilation that Teen Libris was…
Continue ReadingTheme song
When I was in Kansas for the Library conference, the presenters in one of the classes chose theme songs. For example of the
Continue ReadingTheme song
When I was in Kansas for the library conference, the presenters in one of the classes chose theme songs. One lady chose Happy Trails, another lady chose Life is a Highway (and told us to insert the word “information” before…
Continue ReadingFiction writers in the real world
For those of you who are wondering how the mural project went–first let me say that the box had big letters which read, “Easy to put up . . . Anyone can do it!” Yeah, right. This is fiction writing…
Continue ReadingThe problem with writing comedies
While I’m waiting for revision notes on A Fairy Godmother’s Guide to Saving Troubled Teens, I’m trying to chip away at my To-Do list. Namely, I’m putting up the mural in my daughter’s room that I bought for her at…
Continue ReadingKansas Trip
First of all, I’m going to refrain from using any Dorothy and The Wizard of Oz comments at all. (Even though I’m a big Wicked fan–well, what did you expect from someone who skips out on their parking tickets?) I’m…
Continue ReadingThe Revenge of the Bow-tied One
I suppose it served me right that after all of the stories I’ve told about my editor, that he told one about me to a large group of people, but yeah, he got me back. We were both just up…
Continue ReadingAuthor interview–Janette Tells All!
Blogger tells me this is my 100th post, and I know it’s tradition to tell 100 facts about yourself, but instead I’m going to give you a link to an interview with Betty Webb where I talk about all sorts…
Continue ReadingIt’s really a book for writers
I need to blog on my trip to Utah, and I will, really. But when I got home from my trip yesterday, my youngest daughter handed me a stack of picture books she’d checked out of the library. I read…
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