Secret Agent, Man
Feeling that I’m not balancing enough crap in my life, I’ve sent a query and sample chapters of my YA humor/mystery novel to an agent. That makes six works I’ve got out making the rounds […]
Category: Writers
Yes, I’ll finish that dragon
Not long ago I said I wouldn’t give a five-star review unless a bookmark came out and fed me chocolate while I was reading. Thanks to Barry Parham, I’ve gained five pounds and have chocolate […]
Sequel Mania
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK I was deluged with requests to write a sequel to my first novel. I’m not even exaggerating: There were a few dozen requests. For me, that’s as much a deluge […]
Between the Lines Again
CLASSIC LITERARY QUOTES Here is a little lesson for my fellow writers. I know some of you are familiar with the subject matter that we will cover here. For those of you who, up until […]
Giving Good Writers Bad Advice
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK I’ve been invited to speak at a writer’s group. In their defense, they don’t know me all that well. On October 16th, in the Peabody Public Library in Columbia […]
Kathy’s Points to Remember
Don’t buy Royal Doulton if all you can afford is that stuff in the Dollar Store. If you wait long enough, maybe one of your elderly relatives will leave you her good china. If she […]
A GOP candidate is under fire for writing romance novels.
The Democrats have always boasted the hot celebrities, with everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Scarlett Johansson, but I think the GOP has finally found their poster child for “cool.” In Colorado, Republican State Senate candidate […]
Curing Writer’s Block
Have you ever had one of those days where even your daydreams won’t stay focused? That’s the mental equivalent of doodling. Remember doodling? It was what got you through Algebra class, until the teacher caught […]
On Writing: Today I Fight Back
So. This is the part where I try to let go and be freer in my writing, because people are making me suggesting it. It’s the part where I acknowledge that I’m excessively enamored with semi-colons, spot-on grammar and words […]
You, Too, Can Be a Terrible Writer
Do you ever say to yourself, “I can’t write my way out of a paper bag?” Good! That’s a cliché. If you know and use a lot of those, you are well on your way […]