World Horror Con

I’m off tonight to the World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City. I’m not sure if I’ll be on any panels or not, but I am taking pitches there. So if you’ll be there, say hi! If not, see you next week. I might blog from there, but it’s looking to be a very busy weekend.

The real life of a children’s book editor

I was going to write about the difference between writing series in a shared world and standalones, but that’s a little too high-maintenance a post for 11 at night. So instead I’m going to write about the new TV show, The Return of Jezebel James. If you read the PW Children’s Bookshelf, you’ll see how … Read more

Supernatural love

I told you I was in love, didn’t I? My subconscious is having a field day with that. I had a dream last night that Dean Winchester was my boyfriend. (Not Jensen Ackles, who plays him, but the actual character.) Total action movie dream–killing monsters and all. I think that dream ranks up there with … Read more

Miscellanea

I’m going in for minor surgery today (don’t worry, it’s really, really minor) and this weekend my roommates and I are doing a yard sale, basically to clean out the basement as one roommate moves out. Why I scheduled these two things for the same week, I haven’t a clue. Hopefully it’ll be exactly as … Read more

Soft puppy ears

Sometimes this job is hurry up and wait. I’m still waiting for the waiting part, though. Perhaps fast and faster would be the better description. But as I walked out the door yesterday to go pick up lunch from the Thai place down the street, I was able to take a bit of a pause … Read more