Me, ranting about an attack on Truth, Justice, and the American Way. God forbid, we bring our daughter over here and this turn into a worse place than the one she left. Eerie that all this happens after the death of Captain America.
I do not, myself, use makeup. But if any of you out there do, my step-sister-in-law is now has a website for her Mary Kay business.
While we were in China, our guide kept referring to things Cantonese–food, language, etc. as if it came from the city we were in. I thought this was his pride in his home city showing…that he was attributing things from all over Southern China to Guangzhou. No. My mom gave me a Chinese cookbook that…
In his Writing the Breakout Novel books, agent Donald Maass has many good suggestions and exercises, but there is one that stands out to me above the rest because it is a discover as basic as shading in art. At some point in the past, there was a guy who invented the technique of shading.…
Originally published at Welcome to Arhyalon. You can comment here or there. In his Writing the Breakout Novel books, agent Donald Maass has many good suggestions and exercises, but there is one that stands out to me above the rest because it is a discover as basic as shading in art. At some point in…
Originally published at Welcome to Arhyalon. You can comment here or there. Originally published at Welcome to Arhyalon. You can comment here or there. In his Writing the Breakout Novel books, agent Donald Maass has many good suggestions and exercises, but there is one that stands out to me above the rest because it is…
A bookstore in Arizona, called The Poisoned Pen, has chosen Prospero Lost for it’s November "Modern Signed FIrst" pick — a feature where they provide signed copies of new modern first print books. Here’s what their newsletter said: November is another first novel, a marvelous work of urban fantasy with a literary focus drawn from…
Just found out that my friend’s brother is now in China with his wife and five children, working at a foster home for special needs orphans who need medical treatment. Read some amazing stories about these children here.
Today, I am guest blogging over at Sidhe na Daire, the blog of fellow writer Danielle Ackley-McPhail. Follow this link to see me exponding on the drudgery and joy of being a writer: http://damcphail.livejournal.com/
Today is Ping-Ping’s 14th birthday….it’s amazing to think that just a month and a half ago, I was still worried we might not get her in time…for today was the cut-off day after which she would have been too old to adopt. Now she’s been with us just a day or so over a month. While…