The husband: Almost speechless. Very proud, and lot of “I knew you’d do it.”
The short kid: “Will it be in French?” **
The tall kid: “So, you finally have a job?” Then, after some thought, “That’s cool mom, because being a published author isn’t something a lot of people get to do, and it’s a […]

While pondering the discussion about bland blogs on Alison’s blog, I went through my email accounts and found…
THE Email. From Ellora’s Cave. The Doubt Monkeys are still standing around scratching their heads, wondering how THAT happened. *g*
I guess I’m going to have get my website/blog sh…tuff together, huh?
I’m sure more profound thoughts will pop […]

Got up this morning at 7:30 with the short kid, went back to sleep on the couch and didn’t get up til 10:30. But why is the day gone? *g*
And where’s Kate? I keep getting that stupid Total Search page.
Back to TSTL heroines. The reason I’m so annoyed that it’s thrown around so easily is […]

TSTL
Of all the acronyms I’ve seen around–POV, GMC, BM, MOC–TSTL is probably the one that bugs me the most. I see it a lot, and my idea of TSTL is apparently different from others’.
TSTL is when you hear a news report that Norman Bates has been spotted in your neighborhood and you jump in […]

I guess. One thing about being a stay-at-home mom is that the day of the week doesn’t really matter, except that there are more or fewer other people in the house, depending on the day.
My first column is up at Romancing The Blog!
I wish I hadn’t had to cut 200 words out of it. The […]

The husband occassionally asks about my fellow cohorts-in-crime and where everybody is in the flight pattern. He also knows that the correct answer for “What’s the average response time for H/S?” is anywhere from 2 days to 2+ years. Because he’s in a business where he has to jump or people don’t have heat, air […]

Keifer Sutherland voice-over: The following takes place between 8:50 and 9:15am:
After dropping the short kid off at preschool, I head off in the direction of Dunkin Donuts. Having been up until 1:30 trying to get the writing in that I missed due to football (YAY!), I need the caffeine. Badly. I woke up with the […]

It probably ranks right up there with posting to message boards and lists while aggravated, but I’ve already walked away from my computer and counted to ten so many times my children are getting worried. It’s not helping.
If you think I write morally-offensive books–Yee-freakin-haw. Then. Don’t. Read. Them.
(Okay, since none are actually published, you can’t […]

The subject of the Up Close & Personal: Editor Profile in Feb’s RWR is Raelene Gorlinsky of Ellora’s Cave. (It just landed in my mailbox a few minutes ago.) In the intro paragraphs, Ms. Gorlinsky says:
“I’m waiting for someone to write my ultimate romance reading fantasy–a humorous erotic futuristic featuring […]

So, there are my two methods. (The pictures, of course.)
I’m trying very hard to use the plotting board. My version is a scaled-down version due to space limitations, using sticky flags instead of sticky notes. And I just keep moving those puppies around…and around and around and around.
The sketchbook method came from a friend […]