Welcome to my post in The Writing Process Blog Hop of 2014! I’d like to thank Madi Merek for tagging me in her post. Madi is a literary fiction novelist whose breakthough novella, Hello LAlaland is due to be released on April 1, 2014! Congrats Madi! So, here’s the deal: I answer the same four […]
Baby steps, get on a bus…Baby steps, untie my knots…
Posted on May 1, 2013 · 2 Comments
I’m not a person who likes to step outside my comfort zone very often. I live my life in a happy circle of work, the gym, and home. As a matter of fact, for the last four months, I haven’t been more than an hour away from my house. And in the six years my […]
On Query Letters, Pitching Events and Generally Freaking the F#%k Out
Posted on April 15, 2013 · 4 Comments
Last weekend, I went to a pitching event at the university where I work. It’s touted as the “American Idol for Books.” Terrified at the idea of pitching itself and then getting critiqued on my efforts, let alone doing in front of a room full of people, I decided it was better to pull a […]