I have served as both judge and contest coordinator in numerous RWA contests for the past three years. I’ve also entered almost a dozen contests. Won two, including the one that brought with it my agent, Andrea Somberg. And was a finalist in two others, including the 2010 Golden Heart. To me, contest judging, and […]
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Today, I met my soul-mate. I know, it\’s an over-used concept, especially in the romance writing arena. But I\’m not talking romance. After all, I write YA and literary. And, the truth is, I\’ve known Clara since she was a baby. Watched her grow up. But today, this junior high girl and I realized we
Like I said, Life Must Go On (at least, I certainly hope so). I\’m winding down with MO1. Someone\’s critiquing it now, and I\’m hoping to find a few beta readers to look at the whole thing and give me feedback before I ship it off to my agent. Which means, I get to go
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My first YA novel, Pull My String, details the story of a 17-year-old boy in Chicago\’s inner city as he tries to separate himself from the history of violence in his family and falls in love with a girl who thinks her only value is sex. Starting today I\’m working on a second. I didn\’t
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Today I\’m going for something different. Not totally leaving the Logan family – in fact I just finished a scene where the real killer is finally revealed to the reader – but the characters in the story don\’t know that. They think their troubles are all over. Hah! Instead, I\’m going to go over the
Here\’s my top ten – or maybe bottom ten, who knows, reasons why I\’m not going to DC for the RWA Nationals in 2009. 10 – I don\’t want people to see how crappy I am at networking. (Which is almost a pity because I have some email acquaintances this year who might even know
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