A week ago, I finished the second draft of Tarot Inspired Life. It took me a year to do, and I added 40,000 extra words. This is my first full length title of any words. I was so shocked that…
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Interview This Thursday on A View From the Edge
I have big news. Yesterday my friend Zara, one of three hosts of A View from The Edge contacted me about being a guest on this show. I said I was interested and this morning we did a 2-hour pre-screen…
Review: Buffy and the Heroine’s Journey
Buffy and the Heroine’s Journey by Valerie Estelle Frankel McFarland and Co., 2012 More info at: http://www.vefrankel.com Rating: 3.5 stars Buffy the Vampire Slayer is/was one of my favorite TV shows. I’ll admit, the movie was very cheesy and turned…
Musings on keeping a writer’s journal
Over the past two days, I’ve been going through my tarot and writing playbooks. These disc-bound notebooks contain notes on my business ideas, Works In Process, and other important list and notes that have action items attached to them. I…
Shout out to NaNoWriMo
I wanted to welcome the new visitors from the NaNoWriMo site. The Office of Letters and Light asked me to write a Portland-themed article for their blog tour this year and today they launched my post “Roadtrip to NaNo: Keep…
ARC Review: Runes
I’ve been fortunate to be a book reviewer of all sorts of books, from fiction to metaphysical subjects. I’m hoping to start posting more reviews here on Shades of Maybe. Today’s review is of Runes by Ednah Waters, a ARC…
Make Good Art
There are times, like right now, when I am so steeped in reality that I find it hard to unclench my teeth, and my fists and do what it is that I love doing. It’s been awhile since I really…
Systems and Dealing with Overwhelm
Since I returned home from the Readers Studio last Monday, I’ve had so much to write about. Namely, my experiences at the convention. In between writing those posts, comes all the other stuff that wants my attention. And while I…
Simplifying the Writing Notebook
I’ve been keeping a writer’s journal/notebook/thing for years now. At first, I used a simple bound notebooks where I’d scribble stories, ideas for stories, freewriting, dialog snippets, and character descriptions. Later, I tracked submissions and notes on stories, freewriting, character…