October 27, 2014

Yes, I’ve gone there. A zombie book with my name on it. What is the world coming to? It started as a short story that I was writing for my collection, a sort of tribute to Halloween. But then I looked at it and said, “Hmm, I like where this is going. Let’s see what…

October 20, 2014

So, I’m home from the conference and tired…tired…tired. But also strangely energized as well. National Novel Writing Month is just around the corner in November, where I’ll attempt to write 50,000 words of a new novel (or series of novellas). The catch is that it can’t be one I’ve already started, so I’m saving some…

October 18, 2014

So, a few of us decided not to wallow in the hotel rooms and go out for a good dinner instead. From left to right: Patrice Fitzgerald, Jen Foehner Wells, Rysa Walker and me, Ann Christy. If you don’t know who any of those names are, go to Amazon and type in their name. It…

October 17, 2014

The first day of the James River Writer’s Conference went swimmingly! I posted a bunch of stuff on Facebook, but one of the great things I learned today in Hugh Howey’s class was to not consign my good stuff to the great beyond of the scroll. Anything really good that gets posted there should also…

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