Browsing All posts tagged under »mad as a hatter«

How I Start Writing a Book

September 20, 2013 by

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I know I’m supposed to be proof reading Drink Me. Writing synopses and query letters and other practical things. Failing that, I should be editing Path, or working up this middle grade thing.* But what I have been doing is having migraine-style headaches which stop my brain from functioning. And then last Friday night I […]

The Proof is in the Process

September 17, 2013 by

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So I Accidentally… a Poem

September 5, 2013 by

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So I’ve been going through my junk writing file. And partly because I wrote most of it while not fully conscious, and partly because I haven’t filed or tagged any of this stuff since some time in March, I’ve entirely forgotten writing most of what’s in there. Which is cool and weird and confusing. Cool […]

Looks Like I’m a Supervillain Now

September 2, 2013 by

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How Bunnies Work

August 26, 2013 by

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A Matter of Definition

August 20, 2013 by

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So I finished the book last week, as promised.* And I’m now in that annoying, fuzzy in-between time where I wait for a new set of readers to tell me I’m brilliant/an idiot/hilarious/funny in the head/tragically misguided as to my ability to string sentences together. Arkem: I could… but I have a book to read. […]

Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Writers

August 19, 2013 by

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Do You Have the Time to Listen to Me Whine?

August 1, 2013 by

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Heading into the SCBWI Conference this week I feel it’s apropos that this particular song is next in the playlist. Sometimes I give myself the creeps Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me It all keeps adding up I think I’m cracking up.  

Safely Endangered

July 29, 2013 by

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Bubble wrap! Padded rooms! Donuts!

July 25, 2013 by

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Okay, so let me just say: Psycho Donuts. I have, and will continue to wax lyrical about the freshly made donuts at Lola in Seattle* but Psycho Donuts come at the whole donut issue from a totally different (totally brilliant) direction. They said to themselves, You know what’s missing from the donut scene? Total lunacy. […]