Hello to you all! I want to first say I’m sorry I haven’t kept up with this blog. I have been exceptionally busy over at Eat Sleep Write. I now write a daily Q&A blog there on the subject of publishing, writing, and promoting your books. Since that information is going to be all over...Read More

First thing I want to do is thank everyone that has followed, read, and shared my blog! You have all been great, and I hope to continue sharing in your writing journey. There are some changes coming that will be adjusting how this blog is run. First of all, as I have posted about before,...Read More

I know I vanished for a few weeks and the reason is… I got married! My husband and I were on our honeymoon until returning home today. I will be working on more posts, swaps, and fun for everyone. So, in short, back to your regularly scheduled cranky editor! Blessings to all of you, and...Read More

This post might make a few people grumpy, and for that I almost apologize. I say almost because this really needs to be said and heard. This post is also explicitly about writers. Editors, designers, publishers, and everyone else in this muddled world of writing has an ego too, and they need to be punctured...Read More

I haven’t posted in a long time here and, to be honest, I’ve been really stuck on what to write. I’ve posted most of what I’d say to anyone on here already, if you read through the history of the blog. But I came across something recently that I figured I needed to speak on....Read More

I was planning on doing a blog on writer’s block, and I ended up with it. I’m sure that there’s some irony in there somewhere. I haven’t been able to write everything in a couple months, now, and it’s starting to gnaw at me. Of course, my editing is going fine but when it comes...Read More

  jiiiiiiiiiiiiku (My cat says hello by way of walking on the keys). Apparently Natasha McNeely has awarded me the Versatile Blogger Award! How kind of her. 🙂 Thank you very much for sending this my way! It was very kind of her to send it to me! Now, apparently there are some rules regarding...Read More

First off, I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving! Divertir’s been keeping me busy with a lot of fun and exciting projects so I haven’t had as much time to blog as I’d like. I also had a great time with my family over the holiday and we made the best turkey dinner ever. A...Read More

One of the things I’ve noticed in editing is that people have this love affair with adjectives and adverbs. Now, you’ve probably heard people scream and stamp their feet about adverbs and while I’m inclined to agree that they are, often, less-than-stellar, that’s not quite what I’m getting at. A lot of the time, I...Read More

I didn’t have anything to post for an editorial blog this week so I figured I’d share some of my writing with you all. This story was published in Divertir’s collection “Under The Stairs”. If any day in my life had ever mattered, it was this one. After thirty years in the pen for murder,...Read More