Where Normal Need Not Apply
Yes, I’m still in the deadline cave this week, but I see the light at the end of the tunnel. Yay! While I’m hiding, I wanted to share this post I originally wrote last summer. The lesson is even more relevant to me right now. (That’s a look at one […]
I’m in a deadline cave this week, so I have just a short post inspired by my current crazy schedule. I’m so grateful to my awesome critique partners and beta readers. They’re trying to keep me sane. Or at least, they’re trying to keep me from going completely insane. But […]
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Anyone who has had me read their work can attest to the fact that I can be a tad, um … detail-oriented. *ahem* All right, I’ll admit it. I’m a nit-picky perfectionist, even on beta-reads. I know, I know. I’m trying to control this tendency. Beta-reading shouldn’t involve line-editing. And I owe […]
Help! I need you. Don’t panic, I need only your answers on some polls. I think these questions could help all bloggers understand how their readers are accessing and using their content, and I’ll share the results once the poll is done. For those of you reading this via email […]
We all have to deal with rejection in our lives, and it hurts to not get the job we want, the relationship we want, or the agent we want. In fact, it sucks. But as trite as it sounds, it really is better to try and fail than to not […]
Most of my past year has been spent editing and revising, but for the past two days, I’ve been able to write fresh stuff for a shiny new project. Oh, drafting, how I love thee. Really, is there anything more freeing than starting with a newborn idea and exploring? Every […]
After disclosing in my last post that my Muse is a perv, he’s been rather quiet. So apparently he’s also shy. Or the strong and silent type. But that means I have no inspiration for today’s blog post. That’s okay—I’ll fake it. Yes, yes, I know, I railed on faking […]
Are you *gasp* less than perfect? Hey, it happens. I know I’m not the only one. No matter what aspect of our life we’re talking about, whether we’re in search of parenting advice, the secrets to magic tricks, or kicking our writing up a notch, we can read, experiment, and […]
This shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone, but people have asked me about it, so here goes: I’m not perfect. Yep, it’s true. Just because I’m a perfectionist does not mean that I am, in fact, perfect. Far from it to be honest. It only means that I really, […]
I’m leaving in a couple of days to attend my first ever writers’ conference—the RWA National Conference, the mother of all big genre conferences. So, how does a control-freak perfectionist prepare for this overwhelming experience? With color-coded, prioritized spreadsheets to keep track of all the hundreds of workshops (last weekend’s […]
