A VERY catchy tune and fun video to send you off on your weekend!Oh that didn't embed well, did it? To watch it properly, go to YouTube. It's worth the click!





A VERY catchy tune and fun video to send you off on your weekend!Oh that didn't embed well, did it? To watch it properly, go to YouTube. It's worth the click!
3/5/2012 | Download File (0.07 MB) - right click to download
The Reading Group Guide for Oleanna is now available online or as a PDF, and includes discussion questions and suggestions for enhancing your meeting as you explore the world of Oleanna.
2/8/2011 | Download File (4.74 MB) - right click to download
This week, Heather, Rima, and I talk about that frustrating and wonderful phenomenon: when supporting characters take over. Of course, I gotta be a little different, so I recorded a short podcast on the subject. Check it out! Check out Heather's take and Rima's take at their blogs! Don't forget: comment on any of our posts during this blog tour (even the old ones!) for a chance to win our 3 novels on March 22! Next week, we'll cover writing battle and fight scenes. See you then!
10/23/2010 | Download File (24.81 MB) - right click to download
What do you do on a rainy Saturday afternoon in October? Record one of your short stories, of course!Click here to listen to "A Kind of Homecoming" - or right-click to download (14:20, 25MB). The music bits (which I hope you can hear!) are samples from Robin Guthrie's "Elemental".
10/29/2009 | Download File (0.00 MB) - right click to download
Wikipedia has an interesting rundown on the etymology of "superstition":The etymology is from the classical Latin superstitio, literally "a standing over", hence: "amazement, wonder, dread, especially of the divine or supernatural". The word is attested in the 1st century BC, notably in Cicero, Livy, Ovid, in the meaning of an unreasonable or excessive belief in fear or magic, especially foreign or fantastical ideas. By the 1st century AD, it came to refer to "religious awe, sanctity; a religious rite" more generally.I love Heather's definition - that ritual is based in love, and superstition in fear. And to that (neurotic) end, I do have a few superstitions about writing. I don't really get into the details of the plot of any story I'm working on with anyone until I'm well into it. Or, many times, with myself (hee). I'm guessing superstitions are as different as writers. I'll admit to being superstitious about the query process as well - that is, I'll say a little prayer over an envelope before I send it, I'll consider the day and whether or not it might be auspicious, and most of all, I don't tell anyone I know anymore about when I query and what the results are.So, what are your superstitions when it comes to writing and creating?Please, have some Stevie Wonder, live on Sesame Street. You're welcome.
10/23/2009 | Download File (0.00 MB) - right click to download
A VERY catchy tune and fun video to send you off on your weekend!Oh that didn't embed well, did it? To watch it properly, go to YouTube. It's worth the click!