It seems that I pour all of my writing energy into books now. And instead of social networking, I’m socializing. I miss blogging, though. I used to love it. I can’t believe that the whole Dating Amy project will be ten in 2012. Do you know some of those guys I dated still call? Mind-blowing. [...]
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Thanksgiving Update/American Horror Story
Posted in horror movies, paranormal romances, Television, writing, writing life, tagged American Horror Story, Francis Conroy, Jessica Lange, paranormal romance, Tate American Horror story, Tate Langdon, writing, writing life on November 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bucket List Update: Write a Novel in Two Months
Posted in books, bucket list, paranormal romances, writing, writing life, tagged bucket list, how to write a novel, how to write a novel in two months, mad men bucket list, paranormal romance, write a novel in two months, write or die, writeordie, writing a paranormal romance, writing advice on March 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
My mini bucket list is silly because 1) I am not including anything personal on it since I don’t roll that way on the Internet anymore. 2) It doesn’t have an end date and 3) It does have an end date, which is the nebulous “whenever Mad Men comes back on.” Anyway, I checked a [...]
Tormented Teens! True Crime! IFC! Kevin Smith!
Posted in Cinemas, Los Angeles Memoir, Seattle Cinemas, writing, writing life, tagged IFC, Independent Film Channel, Kevin Smith, memoirs, Movies, paranormal romances, seattle's neptune theater closing, writing, writing life, young adult novels on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Good God. I’m coming into the home stretch with my young adult paranormal romance. I’ve written 175 pages in the past six weeks. That is lightning-fast for me, because I am not a speedy writer. I really wanted to get to 300 pages and finish by March 1, but sadly it looks like that is [...]
Writing life update
Posted in paranormal romances, personal life, writing, writing life, tagged writing, writing life, YA writing, young adult writing on February 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So I’ve been laser-focused on writing this young adult paranormal book. I started on January 10 and I have about ten of the twenty-four chapters done. I see that I’ve written in my calendar under February 16: “Have YA novel done.” That’s cute. I am planning on having the first draft done by the end [...]
Deciding Which Book to Work on
Posted in Los Angeles Memoir, memoirs, paranormal romances, writing, writing life, tagged amazon, paranormal romances, publishing, publishing news, self-publishing amazon, writing, writing life, young adult books on January 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Just wanted to write a quick update before I hide my wireless router from myself for the day so I can get some book writing done. I’m starting to feel more embarrassed than usual when people ask me how the book is going, because I keep falling in love with and then completely dropping manuscripts. [...]
Dr. Wicked’s Write or Die
Posted in Internet shenanigans, writing, writing life, tagged Dr. Wicked, Dr. Wicked's Write or Die, Dr. Wicked's writeordie, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, write or die, Write or Die Dr. Wicked, writeordie, writeordie Dr. Wicked, writing on November 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I am not what you would call a particularly fast writer. I have always been more about quality, ruminating, and yes, daydreaming. I consider myself an artist, but writing for a living is often about just cranking stuff out. Most of the full-time authors I know deal not just in quality, but in quantity–I mean [...]
What Happens on Sunset Strip…
Posted in Los Angeles, music, writing, tagged 90s music scene los angeles, l.a. memoirs, los angeles, los angeles bands, los angeles club scene, memoirs, music magazines, music magazines los angeles, sunset strip on November 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The first writing job I ever had was for a music magazine in Los Angeles. I reviewed local bands at clubs about three or four nights a week. I cannot wait to get to the part of this current memoir where I revisit those years. Half the time I bitterly complained about it–I didn’t like [...]
