Although NaNoWriMo finished last November when my cumulative word total was a mere 36,880, I wanted to post an update. Just because NaNoWriMo finished in 30 days didn’t mean that I stopped writing (nor should you if you did try the 30 day challenge). Plus writing something else definitely helps with the waiting (see my […]
I find the most stressful part of writing, although some may argue that sometimes it’s the writing itself, is the waiting. Waiting to hear back from an agent, waiting to hear back from an editor, waiting to hear back from a publisher…it’s excruciating. And then of course, probably even worse after all that waiting, is […]
I picked up MAX – A Maximum Ride Novel in an airport for two reasons. 1) Seemed like a cool concept – human children grafted with avian DNA fighting against various villains, and 2) I wanted to see how James Patterson wrote for Young Adult. The flavor I felt was definitely James Patterson and I’ve […]
Final round of edits completed, and we are off to the races! My agent likes the changes we have made and is happy with the final result. Now we are going to go back to publishers after months of very hard work and see if we can get this book sold! Stay tuned for more […]
The Apple iPad has officially been announced, a device that straddles the middle ground between smartphones and laptops. It’s a 9.7 inch tablet-style device with a multi-touch screen, pretty much a bigger version than the iTouch, that accommodates email, ebooks, photos, games, music, video, web surfing. Steve Jobs calls it “way better than a laptop, […]
Rumors abound! Those Apple reps sure know how to keep a secret – not even a leak…for the highly anticipated mystery “product launch” of the Apple Tablet (iPad?) on January 27th, 2010. We are waiting with bated breath to see if the Apple Tablet does indeed sweep away the competition, the Kindles and the Nooks […]