Amy Lane's Blog: Writer's Lane, page 195

So much to blog about, so little brain pan...

Honestly, at about seven o'clock this evening, I was thinking about blogging, and I was all for it! I had a lot to talk about-- I mean, here's a partial list:

* Zoomboy's Open House

* What Squish yelled at her sister yesterday ("Stop saying 'douchebag!")

* A few students I'm going to sincerely miss at the end of the year

* The fact that Zoomboy's playdate after school today blew chunks all over the school courtyard (which was an improvement over Sam's sister's friend, who blew chunks all over...

Truth in the Dark

Is right here, and it's out on June 16th.

I have always loved fairy tales, and I am so damned proud of this story. Damn. Just. Just Damn.

Emotional Punctuation

I used to think that punctuation was THE most boring part of writing. A comma? Who cared. A period? The difference was? Of course, then I put out three books with a punctuation glitch, and suddenly, punctuation was no longer boring. Suddenly it was a big, scaly, venomous monkey on my back who kept stuffing poo down my shirt.

Fucking punctuation!

I got some help with that monkey--some of you (Goddess bless you) jumped on that fucker, gave him a bath, taught him some manners, and while he...

Off to see the Wizard...

Actually, literally.

Big T's high school put on a lovely production of 'The Wizard of Oz'. T's film club had been filming a documentary of the rehearsals, and so he REALLY wanted his family to see the play, so we did. I was going to tell you that the Wicked Witch stole the show, but then I thought that the Cowardly Lion got in some good shots and then I remembered the way Squishie's face lit up when Dorothy launched into her first song, and then I decided that there's a lot of talent at t...

This time, it's just the picture...

I am SO in love.

And this takes some time to load, but that'll give you time to find something to bite, So you don't choke on your tongues!

(One of my students showed me how to find this site. I l-o-v-e him!)

A redemptive epiphany

Okay-- see, the thing is, I've got a meeting with my boss tomorrow. Now the last time I had one of these, it threw me into a week long depression. I was told that our demographic completely changed, and yet our falling test scores were still all my fault. I was told that I needed to change the way that I taught for the simple goal of improving the way our kids put pencils on paper. I was told that all of the problems in my classroom were caused by me, and I had to be a better facilitator ...

The Price of My Soul

Okay, folks, I've been promising Jack and Teague this summer, and I just came to the realization that even though I will probably have the final installment done by July, I won't be able to get the whole thing out until September, at the earliest, and this depresses me. However, since the reasons for this are twofold and unavoidable, I thought I'd explain them to you, and maybe get your forgiveness.

A. We can't afford it. You've heard this before. It's the truth.

B. Dreamspinner made m...

This Morning for Mother's Day, I got...

* A chance to sleep in.

* A scroll with a vase of flowers made of handprints from a six year old with REALLY BIG hands!

* Cookies for breakfast!

* A four year old who wanted to give me a pretty pretty vase of flowers.

* A card with a magnetic 'mood indicator'--one that had a whole lot of 'order out' options.

* An 'I love you Alot' T-shirt.

* iTunes

* A card from Mate that made me cry.

* A son with lots of prom stories, including how much he HATES hip-hop music, but danced to it anyways.

* A...

That dragon is a sneaky bastard...

So, I've been working this month on a WIP that wasn't dragon ridden. I thought I'd get a jump on that fucker, you see, and work steadily on something I liked but didn't grab me by the throat. But... but... I couldn't figure out why it didn't grab me by the throat? What was I doing wrong? Should I keep working on it? Should I go on to something I liked a little better? It had a lot of funny parts... is it that I just can't write humor without the painful bloody part? What was wrong?

I wo...