Betsy Horvath's Blog, page 34
December 13, 2011
Just Some Thoughts On Barbie
I used to love playing with my Barbies. My sister and I would crack their little legs and put them on my mother's spinning wheel. We would spin the wheel and they'd go flying across the room….good times. Our Barbies and Kens would go camping and swimming and ride in their cars and even on [...]
December 11, 2011
Naming Babies
When pregnancies crop up among my friends and co-workers I, as an author, feel that it is my obligation, nay, my duty, to help come up with names for the babies. As far as I know, none of my suggestions have ever been chosen by the parents, but I remain ever hopeful. It has occurred [...]
December 8, 2011
Does It Need To Be Fun?
The original title of this post was "It Should Be Fun". I was planning on talking about how writing needs to be enjoyable. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that wasn't quite what I believe. It's not that writing shouldn't be fun. It's that "fun" is too weak a word [...]
December 6, 2011
Not Every Idea Is A Good Idea
Sometimes I am a strange mixed up mess of a girl. I know this shocks you – especially if you know me in "real" life. But it's true. Sometimes I can't remember whether or not I put on pants that morning. Monday I looked at a water bottle I use to spray the plants and [...]
December 4, 2011
"Titus Andronicus" With Spoilers
I've been listening to the audio book for Simon Schama's A History of Britain, and it made me think of my favorite British subject – Colin Firth. No, no – I'm kidding. I mean William Shakespeare. Really. Shakespeare. Uh, yeah. Anyway, I find it comforting to remember that even the glorious Mr. Shakespeare wrote some [...]
December 1, 2011
Relationship Crisis
Hello? *silence* Hello, is anybody there? *crickets chirping* Blogosphere? Are you there? *clicks tongue* Here Blogosphere! Come here, little Blogosphere! Sweet little Blogosphere… Excuse me, but did you really just call me like you would call a dog? Oh, Blogosphere! There you are. So, are we talking again? Of course we're talking! When were we [...]
November 29, 2011
Where To Put The Desk
Over the last couple of days, I found myself embroiled in a writer's biggest challenge. No, it wasn't sentence structure or plot or writing a query letter. I was trying to decide where to put my desk. Yes, I have a desk, and I've been using it. But I think I got it in my [...]
November 27, 2011
No Consequences
As I was eating inappropriately for my diabetic condition to celebrate Thanksgiving, I realized something important about myself. In fact, I had what Bob Mayer would call a "moment of enlightenment". I have, as you may or may not know (or care), been trying to move forward in my life with varying degrees of success. [...]
November 23, 2011
Herman, The Unhappy Loaf Of Bread
Happy Day Before Thanksgiving everyone! And in honor of our nation's day to feast until we drop, I am happy to present my first published work – Herman, The Unhappy Loaf of Bread. This was written and illustrated by me when I was in 6th grade, and it was supposed to be for the 1st [...]
November 20, 2011
Reading And Learning
As you may, or may not, know, I own well over 2,000 books. And I'd say that about 1200-1300 of them are romance novels. Have I read them all, you ask? Pretty much. And I've actually read more than I own because I periodically feel that I have too many books and try to divest [...]
