Saturday, December 28, 2013

Bucket List - 2014 is Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Pseudo Bucket List:

1. I'm scheduled for two workshops at LDStorymakers this year that are unbelievable: Orson Scott Card and Brandon Sanderson.

2. I will be participating in the Stanley Hotel Writers Retreat (Stephen King, Shining, Room 217)

Merry Belated Christmas, Happy New Year!

Saturday, May 11, 2013

LDStorymakers Day 2

Some excellent workshops, especially on taxes.  It was a good day, but the most important thing, my good friend, Nikki Trionfo won the Grand Prize for the First Chapter Contest... some pretty cool swag - Alphasmart NEO2 and “Get Out of The Slush Pile Free” Card for Deseret Book, Covenant, and Cedar Fort, Inc. - Nice job, Nikki, and well-deserved!

Friday, May 10, 2013

LDStorymakers

Made it back to Utah for LDStorymakers Conference 2013 - it was good see some old friends - Heather, Jeff, Julie, Jolyn, Nikki - and meet some new ones.  Mark and I drove down this morning.  the highlight was probably pitching my novel, Madison Blackwood, to a really nice agent - Michelle Witte - and looking forward to tomorrow's sessions and seeing more old friends and meeting several new ones!  Of note, Precision Editing will look at 10 pages of your manuscript and give you some honest feedback, which would help if you want to have them critique your entire manuscript...  Onward and upward:)

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The eZine that Would Not Die

I think it's time to update Fear Knocks.  Look for a change in the coming days (and nights).

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

EAP in the House

I recently returned to the Baltimore area, and am looking forward to seeing one of my favorite writers again.  Okay, maybe "see" is not the correct term, perhaps feel.  I hope to also visit another friend, in Providence... it's just up the road.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

On the Road with Hamlet

I wanted to get away, kind of like Bram Stoker on his yearly breaks to Whitby working on Dracula.  Unfortunately, it didn't quite work out that way.  I have a weekend, a ticket to see Hamlet at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, and I'm not working on anything like Dracula - more like Nancy Drew meets Harry Potter (nothing sparkly, I promise).  So, hope you are all having a lovely October, and will check in from time to time on the progress (so far, volume one is complete and submitted to Harper Voyager - fingers crossed).

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Andrew is the Best!!!

Andrew Wille - Book Doctor
Check out Andrew's blog at http://wille.org/blog/