Category: Progress

The Call, when it finally came, didn’t happen the way I expected it to. Does anyone’s? Rather than arriving with the ring of my phone, my call happened on the click of a mouse. I was sitting at my desk at work Tuesday night, killing time while I waited...

Finally, I can shout it to the world: Turquoise Morning Press wants to publish DIVA IN THE DUGOUT! I’ll sit down to blog about my call story soon, but I wanted to share the news as soon as I received the signed contract. (I’m superstitious that way — didn’t want...

Long time no hear from me, eh? I might not be blogging very much these days, but I’m still writing, writing, writing my free time away. All that hard work is starting to pay off, though. I have a completely revised/hopefully ready for submission version of “Operation Snag Mike...

About 12 years — and four computers — ago, I submitted a one-act play to my theater group, to be considered for their one-act festival. Not long after that, I moved to Arizona and started writing a book based on that play. That book is “Blind Date Bride,” to...

I’m guest blogging at Gem State Writers today about how writing and weight loss are a lot alike. The most obvious one way is that both require discipline and commitment. But there are four more … Want the details? Stop by and check it out....

I’m off from the day job for this long, holiday weekend (thank goodness), but I plan to use my time wisely and get lots of writing-related things accomplished. On my to-do list (after updating the blog, of course): Finish my current WIP, tentatively titled “Diva in the Dugout.” It’s...

Sometimes you just need to retreat. No, I’m not talking about the kind of retreat where you curl up in a ball and hide from the world because rejection number three thousand five hundred and ninety-nine has just found its way to your inbox. I’m talking about the “lock...

Since RWA Nationals ended, much talk has been going on amongst my Starcatcher Sisters about fear … of submission,  rejection, inadequacy — you name it and we’ve probably felt it. Aislinn, who recently sold not one but two books, wrote an excellent post on writers’ fears just the other...

Now I remember why I’m so glad to be off the dating scene. Rejection hurts. A lot. I’m sure I’m not the only one to equate the search for an agent to the search for Mr. Right — but it’s an apt comparison. You try to make a good...

That’s right: Distraction is whupping my rear in a big way these days. If there’s a down side to being a Golden Heart® finalist, that would be it. Until recently, I had a routine: A little writing/blogging before and/or after work. Now, with all the new and ramped-up tasks...