Fang Stories

After a year of doing very little writing but being a mom to a brand new baby girl, I’m about to get back into my writing groove.  My most awesome and perfect brother gave me the world’s best Christmas present.  (Well, okay, best Christmas present for me, at least.)  I shall be taking my $350 [...]

Last time on “The Laptop”, we found our intrepid writer busily readying herself to get back  into her groove… Yeah, okay, well, I’m on the laptop, but I’m not a happy camper.  If I have the number lock engaged, several of the letter keys come up as numbers.  Watch this: He336 every6ne, 5sn’t th5s th

Somewhere between Illinois and the great state of Texas, my laptop’s new motherboard resides in that chaotic state of being “in transit”.  I know I’ve been quiet for ages, but trying to accomplish anything noteworthy on my dinosaur of a desktop is a lesson in frustration.  It’s slower than molasses

I admit to rarely (if ever) bothering to read entire articles printed in the RWR (Romance Writers Report), the monthly magazine printed for and by RWA (Romance Writers of America).  But this month’s “The Last Word,” written by Jillian Clemmons, screamed at me. “Are Books Your Crack?” was the title. 

After starting three separate manuscripts, I’ve discovered that writing in Word is not what to do if you’re trying to accomplish a completed full-length novel.  Successful novelists I’ve spoken with look at me as if I’ve told them I’m using an abacus instead of a calculator.  Okay, maybe I’m exagger

Just finished reading a great blog by Laurell K. Hamilton about finding a pace that works for you and not trying to live up to someone else’s expectations.  Of course, this thinking all goes out the window if you’re a published writer and up against a deadline.  I know plenty of authors who get nudg

What is that old saying?  Bad things happen in threes?  Well, if that’s true, I hope that means that nothing else is gonna hit me from out of left field for a while.  I have a new hard drive, so near as I can tell, problem number one is fixed.  My second problem isn’t so [...]

I was under the impression that my son’s first week at school would mean life might slow down a little for me, be a little less stressful, and give me time to write.  Boy was I wrong.  So much happened last week that when I sat down and stared at last week’s blog title, I [...]

The quiet stillness of my house is almost unnerving.  It’s also so incredibly mesmerizing that I can’t even bring myself to disturb it yet with music, just the clicking of my fingers, and fingernails in desperate need of clipping, on my keyboard.  I have coffee in my favorite purple travel mug mere