Dragon Wishes
September 16, 2009
- The ivory tower is granting me a one day pass to go out and see the real world. The things good behavior will get you!GLEE!I'm being let out to speak at Oklahoma's school librarian conference, EncycloMedia. I'm excited. Thrilled. And a little nervous. Okay... a lot nervous. I'll be out with real people. I have to talk. I have to talk intelligently, in complete sentences, with no editing, about my ...
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June 19, 2009
- Has your son or daughter ever followed you around the house repeating every single word, gesture, expression of yours? Or have you seen your children do it to each other with the secret desire of driving each other nuts, and, of course, succeeding? Imitation is the best form of flattery, they say. But what about when it's involuntary?You might be a writer if...you're a better parrot than your ...
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May 15, 2009
- Ooh, after the week I've had with babysitter woes, I have really been looking forward to my Friday post where I get to let my hair down, sit back, and ponder the inane, quirky habits of that ecelectic species, writer.This week's spotlight gelled for me in a dream last night. I haven't had the best luck with working things out in the subconscious before, but man, last night, the stars must have ...
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March 13, 2009
- What does it mean to finish a book? Finite. Das Ende. Basta. Finish.I've been thinking about that a lot. I just finished a major round of revisions on my WIP, and tomorrow, I finish my 30s. Endings have been up front and personal this week. I've decided, after much contemplation and sleepless nights pulling out my hair as I sweat over revisions - only to realize how much grey has snuck in at the ...
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March 6, 2009
- I've been thinking about friends lately. My big 40th birthday bash is this Saturday, a whole 7 days premature. It was a tough choice, celebrating early, going over to the dark side of 40 before my time. But, when it came right down to it, I didn't hem and haw very long over choosing to do it. I'm starting the celebrating early because I want to have my friends at the gala event, and in Oklahoma, ...
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February 27, 2009
- I have often heard it said that the mark of a true artist is his/her level of suffering. I scoffed. Artists...suffering for their work?...Come on. They paint. Or write. Or draw. Act. But suffer? Isn't that being a little melodramatic?Oh, ye of little faith.You might be a writer if...the act of writing causes you pain. Physical or mental. Probably both.This is a rather recent revelation of mine. ...
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February 25, 2009
- My oldest daughter got to meet one of the girls I idolized growing up, Nadia Comaneci. She was the first gymnast ever to be awarded a perfect 10 at the Olympics. She even has a gymnastics move named after her, the Comaneci salto (on the uneven bars). And all this by the time she was fourteen. By the time I was fourteen my greatest claim to fame was selling 414 boxes of girl scout cookies. ...
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January 5, 2009
- Bless me Father, for I have sinned. It's been (gulp) two weeks since my last blog post.Well, if I'm really confessing, it's even worse. It's been two weeks since I did a lick of writing. (Double gulp)I could say it was the holiday madness, the baking, the cooking, the wrapping, the sending. And it was, partly, but it was more a choice this year. Forty is just over the February hill. So, throwing ...
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December 10, 2008
- I was all set to blog this morning about another 5 hour "tree watch" I sweated through yesterday. Don't worry, for those who love the occasional whacked out Christmas tree story, it's coming. But today, it's a shout out to readers. I didn't know I was going to write this blog until I opened my email this morning. There was a letter waiting for me from a father who had bought my new ...
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December 5, 2008
- What do you do with all that leftover turkey? This question has plagued me since I was a kid and we ate turkey sandwiches, turkey casserole, turkey stuffing, and turkey turkey turkey until I really started to look at my back to see if I was sprouting wings (or worse, a bright red waddle). Now, years later, as the turkey preparer, I have sympathy for my mom. There's a ton of leftover turkey and ...
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