Advice for the rejected author

A friend of mine from a writing list just had her manuscript accepted by her editor and then rejected by the editor’s boss. She asked how the rest of us handled these sort of emotional setbacks. This was my advice:…

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Worst first line contest winner–yes!

In the same spirit as the 2007 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, one of my oldest and dearest writing friends, Kerry Blair, sponsored her own worst first line contest. The prize, besides a vintage copy of Bulwer-Lytton’s most famous work: The Last…

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Revisions are coming

My editor told me that he is finishing up his revision notes for The Last Wish and will send them off to me today. He said they won’t be extensive, but hmmmm, if that were the case, would it really…

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Anderson’s Bookshop Event You’re Invited to Our 4th Annual Young Adult Literature Conference! Featured Authors & SpeakersScheduled to date: Sherman Alexie, Christopher Crutcher, Christopher Paul Curtis, Julie Halpern, James Lecesne, Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, Sonya Sones, Robert Sharenow and Janette Rallison Quick…

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What’s in a Name?

I was just eating some dried plums. I am pretty sure these used to be prunes, but apparently ‘prunes’ isn’t an appealing term anymore. Who wants to eat prunes when we could be eating dried plums? In this spirit, I…

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A Great Book Signing

As faithful readers of my blog know, (Hi Mom!) last Friday I did a book signing with very cool author Tina Ferraro (Top Ten Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress). It went great. And if you could hear the tone…

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All In a Day’s Work.

Today was another typical writing day. I wrote a few pages on my new story. (Tentatively called: The Fairy Godmother’s Guide to Saving Troubled Teenagers.) I looked up gopher facts on the internet, called a gold coin company, called the…

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Ex-boyfriend Stories/ studies

Okay, first off I’ve had a few questions about when I’m going to put Ex-boyfriend stories on my website. I still have some coming in, so I’ll keep the contest open for two more weeks. Then it will be tell-all…

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Kindergarten Update

For those of you who are wondering–no, I haven’t succumbed to watching day-time TV now that my youngest is at school. However I have caught myself talking to my cats, so I can’t claim to be completely well-adjusted. I mean,…

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Cravings

Readers Digest, in one of their weight loss articles, wrote that the average craving only lasts ten minutes. I find that mine last much shorter than that. I mean, really, how long does it take to get the wrapper off…

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But besides all that, I love the playlist . . .

With all my reviewing of Harry Potter lately, I realized I have seriously neglected another important avenue of reviewing—specifically reviewing the music my husband just put on my Ipod. Now granted, he put the music on the Ipod unasked, just…

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