It’s difficult to say goodbye to a very good year. In 2010, a lot of amazing things happened for me, including the publication of Good Girls Don’t Get Fat, a book I worked on with Dr. Robyn Silverman during the bulk of 2009; the completion of my first novel, Baby Grand; signing with The Stonesong [...]
Archive for December, 2010
So Long, 2010!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baby grand, dr robyn silverman, good girls don't get fat, the stonesong press on December 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Call for Debut Authors & Guest Bloggers
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Arts, Blog, Facebook, FAQs Help and Tutorials, publish, Twitter, Writer, Writers Resources on December 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Loyal readers of this blog know that Tuesdays and Thursdays have been devoted to Debut Authors and Guest Bloggers, respectively, and I’ll be continuing this schedule into the new year. Tuesdays: I run Q&As with first-time authors. If you have your first book out, or have one coming out, or know of someone who does, [...]
Writing Tip #12
Posted in Writing Tips, tagged baby grand novel on December 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Don’t “look” before you speak. My characters have “looking” issues. And “turning” issues. When revising Baby Grand, I found they had a nasty habit of “looking at” or “turning toward” people before speaking. I realize that in “real life” one must do these things — I must face my sister-in-law or else she might think [...]
Post Book Depression
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Books, Christmas, Depression, Post Book Depression, Shopping on December 20, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Post Book Depression. Is there such a thing? Who knows, but I’ve got it. I googled “Post Book Depression” just to see, and there are folks out there who have already coined the term for when you don’t want a book you’re reading to end, a book that haunts you for days and weeks afterwards. [...]
Writing Tip #11
Posted in Writing Tips, tagged baby grand novel, drop-side cribs, good girls don't get fat, robyn silverman on December 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Even after the writing/revising is done, be on the lookout for news items that could affect your story. This week, I blogged about the recent ban on drop-side cribs and how this changes Baby Grand. Although it affects the novel in a teeny tiny way, I feel it’s necessary to make a slight adjustment in [...]
Drop-Side Crib Ban
Posted in Revision Process, tagged Children, Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC, Inez Tenenbaum, Infant, Infant bed, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Water crib on December 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, I read in the newspaper that the government has outlawed drop-side cribs after the death of more than 30 infants and toddlers in the past decade and millions of recalls. Members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission voted unanimously to ban the manufacture, sale and resale of cribs that have a side rail that [...]
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