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Why writers marry engineers
I’ve met lots of other writers over the years. I’ve found three things that many of us have in common. 1) We’re daydreamers–otherwise known as having ADD. Hey, what’s going on in our imaginations is way more interesting than what’s…Editing mistakes–or: Why, yes, my character does have super powers
Before I published my first book, my editor told me there would be mistakes in it. “No matter how hard we try,” she said. “There’s no such thing as a perfect book.” At the time I didn’t realize how right…And the winners are . . .
Since I had so many comments, I chose two winners. (Random.org helped though. Random is an awesome guy that way.) Tiana Smith Liz You know the drill. Send me your addresses and I’ll try to get your books to the…blog hop give-away
Inspired Kathy emailed me and asked if I wanted to be part of a blog hop. I said, “Sure,” because a blog hop sounded like a sock hop and I thought it might involve dancing. Besides, who am I to…Erasing Time–the cover is finally final.
Notice any differences? I didn’t. (Which is why I’m lousy at all of those picture games where you’re supposed to find six differences in what appear to be two identical pictures.) Anyway, I’m very happy with it. It’s an awesome…Which Cover Do You Like Best?
I put Playing the Field, one of my earlier books, up as an ebook last month. I needed a new cover and couldn’t decide whether to use one that would appeal to boys–because the main character is guy, or one…Creepiest kids’ toys
Okay, on first glance, cute pink-haired Lalaloopsy doesn’t seem creepy–that is unless you’ve read the book Coraline or seen the movie. Because the evil-scary-bad people have those exact same button eyes. Creepiest thing ever! (Shudders just thinking about it.) Don’t…New Year’s Writing Resolutions
It’s that time when we all start thinking about New Year’s resolutions. I’ve come up with ten writing goals. I might be able to keep nine of them. 1) Learn how to spell hors d’oeuvres so I don’t have to…Worst Christmas Gifts You Can Give
I wish I could say that I had to look long and hard to find these horrible gifts, but no. I’m apparently on the catalog list for crazy people, and I get dozens of Gifts-for-the-Bizarre magazines. Without further ado (because…How authors party
One of the fun things about being an author is getting to hang out with other authors and cool book people. Last week eight Arizona authors put on an author appreciation open house–which sounds like we were appreciating ourselves, but…And the winner is Jen
I’m letting Jadean know. You can contact me with your email address and I’ll pass it along to him. jrallisonfans at yahoo dot comStay In The Loop
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