One day later…or was it yesterday?
by Shannon on March 30, 2010 in Writing--craft
Here’s a lesson I recently learned. Never say Screw the timeline. I’m just going to write and figure it out after… Therein lies madness. For you. For your editor. Especially if the book takes place over a short period of time. And in the book I’m working on now, though it has a much longer [...]
Reading Under Pressure
by Shannon on March 28, 2010 in Gadgets
Recently, my library began offering digital library books through Overdrive. Because I have the nook and had already found success in using the dastardly Adobe Digital Editions to buy Harlequin’s ePub format directly from their ebookstore and move the books to my nook, I rejoiced. They don’t have a huge selection, but I’m sure they’ll [...]
Retro Shan: The overuse of TSTL
by Shannon on March 27, 2010 in Retro Shan
Today HelenKay Dimon is guestblogging at Genreality on retiring the term TSTL (Too Stupid To Live). While pondering my thoughts on the subject, I realized I’d already shared my thoughts on TSTL here on my blog, so I dug them out to share them again. (This blog entry was originally posted on January 28, 2005. [...]
Attention Walmart shoppers…run! Or not.
by Shannon on March 24, 2010 in Uncategorized
I had to run into Walmart this morning because—just before bedtime, naturally—TK told me his fancy graphing calculator thing needed batteries. And, of course, while we have an overabundance of AA, he needed AAA. So I’ve been shopping at this Walmart a long time. I can tell you precisely how long, as a matter of [...]








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