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December 11, 2013
Wordless Wednesday: The Invisible Army
I had the rare treat of hearing a friend read her work out loud to a new audience earlier this week. She’s someone I’ve known for years and hearing her read published work filled me with such pride. Maryam touches on many issues related to the status of migrant laborers in Qatar. Her poem “The […]
December 8, 2013
Wanted: Title for eBook “Boxed” Set
If you like to read books and you have a favorite author, chances are high that you have a shelf somewhere with a row of his/her works. They may even have come in a box; likely their covers and spines match. There’s a digital version of this phenomena as well which is an eBook bundle […]
December 5, 2013
Friday Fiction: The Christmas Spirit
Check out Susan Buchanan’s holiday theme newest release! Leave a comment below about your favorite holiday memory and Susan will choose the winner of a free copy of a of The Dating Game. Christmas is coming, but not everyone is looking forward to it. Rebecca has just been dumped and the prospect of spending the […]
December 4, 2013
Wordless Wednesday: How You Disrupt the Pink Aisle and Beef with the Beastie Boys
I found out about Goldie Blox, pastel colored toys for young girls, as an alternative to dolls. You can’t imagine the amount of controversy such a concept has started, even among my friends. Do girls need toys geared towards them? Why can’t they play with boys construction toys? The numbers don’t lie: women in the […]
December 2, 2013
Life After NaNoWriMo: Get Readers Reading
I didn’t make it to 50,000 words this month nor did anyone in my NaNoWriMo MOOC. I don’t feel badly about this because I do have 13,000 words, or more than half of the opening act of my novel. The project is a sequel to Love Comes Later, which was released in paperback last month. […]
November 27, 2013
Wordless Wednesday: Herding 100 Cats in Ikea
I don’t know about you, but holiday and finals stress means this laugh is exactly what I needed. Enjoy!
November 25, 2013
If Not Now, Then Never.
The saying goes: “If not me, then who? And if not now, then when?” That’s how I feel about the month of November. There’s a lot going on in my life and I bet yours as well. Grants, grading, and novel writing. And that’s only at work, not counting the children, the husband, the friends, […]
November 19, 2013
Wordless Wednesday: Twice Upon a Time (Fund the kind of movie you’d like to see P2)
Twice Upon a Time – IndieGogo Campaign Pitch from Niam Itani on Vimeo. This is a film about children with caring and loving parents, coming from middle class families like most of us, but finding themselves in the cruelest human condition of all -war. Check out the trailer and consider funding this indie documentary. Related […]
November 18, 2013
At 12 a.m. I Am…
Sitting at my keyboard, wondering if I should start on the day’s count for NaNoWriMo. Last night, around this time, while cleaning up my hard drive, I stumbled across the 2012 NaNo folder. Yes, being the nerd-overachiever that I am, I clicked, to see how I compared with myself 2012. Turns out, I’m on par […]
November 12, 2013
Wordless Wednesday: The Most Dramatic Moment of Your Life
Do you remember the most dramatic moment of your life (to date)? I bet you do. And you have a story that you tell around it. The details are crystal clear: something surprising, wonderful, horrible, or awful happened and you were never the same afterward. That’s the perfect launching pad for writing as well. Novelist […]
