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 [...]
Adventures in page count, driving, and lack of sleep
by Shannon on January 24, 2005 in General
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 [...]
Blogging while aggravated
by Shannon on January 23, 2005 in General
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, [...]
Amusing myself with the RWR
by Shannon on January 22, 2005 in General
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 a vampire/werewolf/psychic-human menage a [...]
Plodding through plotting
by Shannon on January 22, 2005 in General, Writing--craft
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 [...]









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