Aug 28, 2014 | Entertainment
Holiday Revelations… As you know, I’m fresh back from my holidays, so here’s a little sharing. First of all, many thanks to the lovely Michelle Proulx, whose Imminent Danger bookmarks and related swag were waiting for us upon our arrival! Yay! We...
Aug 14, 2014 | Entertainment
I hope you’ll excuse me for disappearing for the past few days. My holidays have started, and until the 25th I will not be spending all my waking hours in front of two monitors. Instead, I’ll go to the beach, visit friends, throw BBQs and enjoy life...
Aug 6, 2014 | Entertainment
Finally, grammar Nazis have our their own theme song! In case you’ve missed it, here is the hilarious Word Crimes by the amazing Weird Al! Damn, I can’t remember the original song for the life of me,...
Aug 3, 2014 | Entertainment
Although I’m quite the romantic at heart, the engineer in me can’t help but marvel at the number of everyday drama that would have been avoided, if only people were made to fill certain forms. So, in my ever-lasting quest to help out my fellow authors...
Aug 2, 2014 | Entertainment
Everyone complains about 50 Shades, but Teach.com did something about it. Enjoy its epic Inforgaphic, reposted by Rebecca Eisenberg from Upworthy as 101 Books To Read This Summer Instead of ’50 Shades of Grey’.
Jun 27, 2014 | Entertainment
I’ve seen hundreds of book lists: Books you should read before you die; Books that should be on your book shelves (hopefully you’re still allowed to take them out and read them); The best books of the 20th century; Books that your children should read … you can...
Jun 19, 2014 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Entertainment
You may remember my very popular posts, 20+9 two-sentence horror stories (who knew my beloved readers enjoy horror so much?). I found on Buzzfeed some flash fiction horror ones that rival (and, often, mimic) them. Here is my selection for your enjoyment! Oh, and if...
Jun 12, 2014 | Entertainment
A simile, to be perfect, must both illustrate and ennoble the subject Well, apologies for the slightly misleading title, but I’m sure you’ll agree there are some rather… unique similes here. My friend Nat Russo shared this on Facebook (originally...
Jun 11, 2014 | Entertainment
This will be one of those personal posts I mentioned the other day, to apologize for not replying to any comments during the last few days. I’ve been away on the island of Tinos, and fully intended to answer comments etc, but every time I tried to connect to...
May 30, 2014 | Entertainment, Writing
I was having this conversation with MMJaye, and she was observing how hard it can be to find the right name for your characters. First, I was reminded by this hilarious comic by Tom Gauld: Then, I remembered all the research I went through when I was looking for...
