Part of being the parents of a boy is training him to be a man. For my husband, this apparently consists of teaching him how to throw a punch, take off dirty socks in such a way they roll into a tight ball, and to drive a stick. As the mom, my role is less [...]
Archive | August, 2007
Things I learned this weekend
(Yes, I’m totally ripping off this idea from Emma, but she’ll forgive me or I’ll send her emails every five minutes asking if Jason’s book is done yet.) So…things I learned this weekend: 1. School shopping sucks. The tall kid doesn’t see anything wrong with his current (ratty) sneakers or clothes and, when I suggested [...]
Remind me…
…to never write a virgin heroine again. I don’t care how realistic it is that a 19th century, unmarried, sheltered New England young lady would have no sexual experience. Trying to layer in the drama around the big event is a pain in the butt. And then there’s Adam, who’s never deflowered a woman before [...]
Ezmerelda's Week in Review 8.17
Buenos Friday! It is me, Ezmerelda, intrepid indentured muse. I have missed you and managed to escape the metal hell in which I have been trapped. (Shan: Oh, shut up. I keep you in a very lovely Vanilla Mint tin to keep you safe from the cats.) So what has my lazy, unfocused slavemaster writer [...]
Serial disorganization
Michelle asks: I want to know, when you’re writing a series, how do you keep all the information straight. Do you have a journal where you write notes on each of the characters (ie from the Devlin group) and what they do, what they look like, whether they were shot or stabbed, etc. Or do [...]
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