I’m on my third manuscript free day. This isn’t because I’ve been such a kick-ass kid and deserve a break. Nope. It’s because after slowing to freight train status, I’ve hit a new scene that I don’t want to write. Not quite writer’s block, but definitely a mental block. Which got me thinking about scene blockage. How it manifests. Why
Confession: Addiction
My “too read” section. Since I was a wee lass, my mother would buy me books. If I wanted a toy, she’d buy me a book. She had no problems spending my dad’s hard-earned cash on the publishing industry and would rather spend it that way than on Cabbage Patch Kids. And much to Freud’s delight, my love for books
Stripey Perches
Stripey is a natural jumper. As a kitten, she would launch herself from the floor into the freezer to cool off whenever my roommate or me would be rummaging.She was small enough that she could find a space just for her. Since then, there have been no freezer-jumping shenanigans. A few mishaps with closed closets, but nothing involving the refrigerator
Zombie Thursday Double-shot: Chicken Brain Soup for the Zombie Soul
Zombie Thursdays is a weekly feature with guest blogger, Miranda. You can read more about her here. This weekend I am going to my first real horror fan convention– HorrorHound in Indianapolis. I’m really very excited for a wide variety of reasons, but top on the list is that I will be meeting two of my favorite horror icons. The
All About Stripey
Earlier this month (and late February), I blogged about superstition, ritual, and habit. These were geared towards you and I, but cats have their version of each too. Like The Stripey One. SuperstitionStripey believes that we’re trying to poison her. Whenever we offer her people food, she sniffs at it. Yes, this is what cats do, but she does it