EXPLORING THE MAGICAL AND THE MUNDANE


  • Getting My Nature On

    I hate it when a manuscript goes all boring on me. I’m working away and I pause to take stock, reread some paragraphs, reread them again and come to the conclusion that it’s all boring drivel. If I think it’s boring, then my readers will definitely think it’s boring. Why? Because it is! I hate…


  • Well, well, well… Some author-ly food for thought. http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/london-book-fair/article/66265-london-book-fair-2015-self-publishing-smashes-through.html London Book Fair 2015: Self-Publishing Smashes Through Once again, events tailored to independent and self-published authors at the London Book Fair’s Author HQ were jam-packed, and among the London Book Fair’s most popular offerings. PW checks in with a leading indie service provider, Smashwords founder Mark…


  • Author Revisited

    I’ve been re-reading Charles de Lint.    Right now, I’m reading Moonheart. (Goodreads says I’m reading something else, but that’s only because I haven’t figured out how that works when you change your mind and don’t want to read your current read.) Moonheart holds up beautifully, despite the fact the characters listen to records and cassettes. It’s the…


  • Taking Care of Me

    Before I forget…HAPPY EASTER! Hope the Bunny brought you all sorts of numnums to nosh. I’m in What-A-Writer-Should-Do overwhelm and I was forced to give myself an intervention before I turned into George Jetson on his treadmill. Remember that old, Old, OLD cartoon? “Jane, how do I get off this crazy thing?” Yeah…I’ve got the…


  • Note to self: never EVER do anything technically challenging before that first cup of coffee. Here’s the link to the Awe and Wonder post…sorry about that… http://www.vivian-hadleigh.com/living-in-awe/