Damn kids, get off my lawn!

Now that television season is upon us, I have a confession to make. There are really only two shows that I will drop everything for. The first is Mad Men, a brilliantly-written, impeccably-acted character drama that wows me week after week. The second—::pauses and waits for the backlash::—is Make It or Break It. Yes, [...]

Five years ago

This was me in high school. I was hopelessly lame and painfully insecure, and I wore a lot of flannel. No one paid me much attention at all outside of my small circle of friends.

I was so ready to graduate high school and leave it all behind me. I went to a [...]

Battle of the Betas, take 2!

It’s time for another beta round robin! Who’s excited?? Sweet, me too! This time, the lovely Alicia offered up her page for comments. Here’s her original. 20 Years Ago

Ianos studied the chimera pride that roamed the foothills outside Timmons for months in search of the runt. With a [...]

Road trip Wednesday

Today’s topic is … drumroll please … Crap, the phone’s ringing. Hang on, BRB.

“Hello?”

“Hello, Meredith, this is the universe calling.”

“Ummm … hi. What can I do for you?”

“I just wanted to let you know that today’s RTW topic is a gift from me. YWIA.”

“Sweet! What is it?”

“If [...]

The perfect storm

From WebMD:* Overview and Facts

Mommy brain (n.) — State of perplexity, bewilderment or confusion; direct result of having a child tumble forth out of one’s uterus Writer brain (n.) — State of perplexity, bewilderment or confusion; direct result of having hundreds of character names, plot points and lines of dialogue bouncing around [...]

How to waste 40 minutes

Last night I discovered the awesomeness that is Wordle. It’s a site that allows you to paste in a bunch of text from any source, and it creates a word cloud based on your text. You can personalize your Wordle by choosing from any number of fonts, layouts and color schemes. For writers, the [...]