Betsy Horvath's Blog, page 24
October 18, 2012
I Like Fall
It’s feeling pretty autumnal here at the Palatial Horvath Estate and that makes me happy. I really, really like Fall. The snap in the air, the lack of heat and humidity, the changing leaves, the pumpkins and apples, all of it. Yes, I feel a bit of melancholy as the wheel turns and the year [...]
October 16, 2012
Revisions
Okay, so I’ll come clean and tell you that my contemporary romance novel was rejected by Carina Press. I was disappointed, but the editor sent me a very, very nice email and gave me some suggestions to point me in the right direction. If you’re a writer, I don’t have to tell you how unusual [...]
October 14, 2012
Clean Out The Closet
If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you may have seen that last night I dreamt I cleaned out my closet and got rid of a lot of stuff. When I woke up this morning and remembered the dream, I was kind of amused. I’ve been determined to get organized this fall, so I’ve [...]
October 11, 2012
Ball of Confusion
The problem with books about writing is that a lot of writers write good books about writing. Because they are written by professional writers writing about something they love (writing), the books are usually persuasive and present compelling arguments for whatever arguments the book is trying to compel you toward. They might even have good [...]
October 9, 2012
Re-Imagining
I don’t have much time to do it these days, but I love building miniature scenes. Not children’s dollhouses so much, but true little settings or shadowboxes. The photo to the left is from a shadowbox I have in a curio cabinet. One thing I love about miniatures is the way they make your imagination [...]
October 4, 2012
Traveling Time
I just got back from spending a longish weekend with my sister, brother-in-law and niece. Since they live about 400 miles away from me, and are pretty rural, flying is not a good option. That meant a lot of traveling time. It’s about an eight hour drive each way, but I don’t usually mind too [...]
September 27, 2012
Which Do You Want More?
A lot of times the question I’m asking isn’t “what do you want?” It’s “which one do you want MORE?” For example: “Do you want to buy a new car? Or do you want to be out of debt? Which do you want more?” “Do you want to eat a baked good? Or do you [...]
September 20, 2012
A Few Thoughts On Habits
Habit: an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary. (www.dictionary.com) Habits. We all have them. Whether we want them or not. As the definition says, to create a habit you have to do the same thing over and over again, for an extended period of time, until the action or thought pattern becomes [...]
September 18, 2012
Finding The Blogosphere Part 2
When last we left our intrepid band of adventurers, they were getting ready to enter the Emerald City in search of the Great and Powerful Blogosphere… Betsy: Wow. Everyone in this city is…green. Coffee: It ain’t easy. Muse: [...]
