The buzz has been drowning lately about an article posted at WSJ bemoaning the darkness in YA fiction these days. I haven’t read it, and I don’t intend to, because I’m trying to break my habit of seeking out things that make me angry. There have been a few really remarkable, painful blogs by people … Continue reading
I have recently been made aware of your recent smear campaign story about romance author Judy Mays, who also happens to be a 10th grade English teacher. and quite frankly I feel that you, and the people who appeared on camera should be ashamed for yourselves. Seeing as you’re already deleting comments from your Facebook … Continue reading
Guess what, you’re about to get another rant. you’d think I’d be tired of them after my last few, but now, I guess there’s always something to be pissed off about. Lady came in and while she was nice, well mannered and professional she really upset me. She was buying a copy of the new … Continue reading
A friend and I are having a conversation on Facebook that I feel the need to expand here. As you probably know by now yesterday a gunman opened first on a political gathering (it was one of those community outreach type meetings). He killed 6 so far, and injured 12, including shooting House member Gabrielle … Continue reading
Well, not you. This guy, who sent me a spam mail today. Now I get a lot of forced adds to newsletters, ads for books in my inbox and even a few queries (as in “Will you publish my book” not “might you be interested in reviewing my book”). Normally I just delete. Often I … Continue reading
Last weekend I got to go to my first World Fantasy Con. I met a lot of great people (some of them again), had some fantastic conversation, got a giant flipping bag of of free books and was on my first panel. I simultaneously felt like I’d finally broke out into the scene, like I was … Continue reading
