FINN-tastic!

After all was said and done, I got through 49% of the manuscript.  I feel good, having made progress, but there’s still plenty of work to be done!  I hope to get through the rest of the manuscript over the next week, two weeks max.  Then, let the rewriting begin! In the meantime, some pictures [...]

I arrived at my desert destination at about 1:15pm today, and immediately settled in and ate lunch (PBJ on wheat courtesy of my friend Erin).  After writing my last blog post, I got busy tagging up the manuscript. There’s a lot of change ahead for Tossing the Gloves, but I am beginning to see how [...]

Lately, I feel like I’ve been all over the place.  I can’t get focused; I can’t get grounded.  So, I decided I needed to get away. Now I’m in the middle of nowhere, in a California desert, hidden away in a hotel room with another writer friend in an effort to get focused and grounded.  [...]

Lately, I’ve been trying to be a little more diverse in my reading selections.  Lots of authors suggest that aspiring authors should read everything they can get their hands on.  (Hey, sometimes, I can only get my hands on work-related items, you know what I’m saying?).  So, in an effort to diversify my reading habits, [...]

So, some of you may know that Tossing the Gloves was sent to an editor for feedback as part of the Book In A Year program at one of my local chapters.  I’ve received the editor’s feedback, and an invitation to revise and resubmit, earlier this month and now have a long list of revisions [...]

So I’ve got this list, see?  Of things I NEED TO-DO. Top of the list: put away laundry, er, after I organize my closet.  Followed by:  sweep & mop floors (note to self: investigate a way to do so under the bed), go through the random stacks of paperwork lying stashed into sections of my [...]

I used to be a great, dedicated blogger.  Of course, this is back when I was writing entry after entry on the Anaheim Ducks over at Girl with a Puck and neglecting fiction.  But I abandoned the hockey blogosphere to re-enter the world of fiction, and opted to start this blog to keep track of [...]

It seems organization has been playing a major part in my life these last few weeks.  My calendar is quickly filling up with wedding-related duties (I’m the M.O.H., not the bride) and organization-related stuff.  You see, I took on a board position this year in one of RWA chapters I’m a member of… and that’s [...]

Well, the holidays are over and I’ve had ample time to lick my wounds and get back on the horse. After all, isn’t that what New Year’s is all about? Out with the old, in with the new? Yeah. Except, I don’t really care for making New Year’s resolutions (they haven’t worked for me historically, [...]

Today, I was the first of the Final Five to be eliminated from the Dorchester America’s Next Best Celler contest. The poll I had running here indicated that out of 14 people, 8 thought I’d go all the way and 6 thought I’d make it to the final three.  No one thought I’d be eliminated [...]