Archive for November, 2005

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why are people so angry at Sandra Scoppettone?
Yeah, there’s a reason I rarely write exactly what I’m thinking on this little-known blog. That reason being, a reason just like this. A writer writes truthfully about the pitfalls of being published and speaks candidly about her fears for her future as a writer–and suddenly she is […]

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Sasha

My girl at the Trophee Eric Bompard, where she got totally ripped off. True, the little tumble toward the end didn’t make for a technically perfect program–but what a stunning performance!

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Thanksgiving Proven

Thursday morning dawned cold and still, with me debating if I should lug my laptop to Denver and fearing the worst at McCarran. A decision made, I drove north on Las Vegas Boulevard, sans laptop, as the first of the day’s departing planes lifted into the brightening sky. At the airport I parked my car, […]

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Are all these people (really) working today?

To start this rather lengthy post, I plead guilty to first-rate blog neglect. Part of my defense is that I’ve not yet been able to gauge if Internet use is okay at my new job–and to keep myself sane (i.e., not let the writing lag), what I try to do when I get home […]

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Drunks

Check out this article at the Sunday Herald online. It’s an examination of the destructive relationship between writers and alcohol.
As I sit at my laptop, writing–a bottle of beer within easy reach.

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Hi Dad


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Held back

It’s kind of ironic, or maybe poetic, that just the other day I was biting my tongue (not wanting to offend “my own” per se) about how much it bothers me when chick-lit writers make certain complaints…and now, today, I can successfully say I’m not really a chick-lit writer anymore.
The question is, was I ever?
Well, […]

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Busy

I apologize if you read my blog on a regular basis, I’ve just been too busy lately to update it. Isn’t it amazing how you must learn to practice time management skills when you actually have a job to go to?
More later…and likely my thoughts on the current round of “Chick-Lit is the […]

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