Written just to show that, the Victoria project aside, I can sum things up: A YA Harry Potter for girls with angsty romance. Or: A young girl living in the world of magic, hidden from the eyes of the mundane modern world, begins to discover that her world of sorcery and enchantment is being manipulated…
The first time someone asked me if I was going to do NaNoWriMo, I replied, “Can’t. I have to write a novel.” Now, this seemed rather silly. So I starting thinking, why not? Why not jump on the band wagon and join in the fun. Today is why. If my goal is to produce 50K…
I have posted the first chapter of my next novel, in case anyone is interested. http://ljagilamplighter.com/works/the-creation-campaign-chapter-one-the-dreamers-whose-dreams-are-true/
Is there a why to this and a way to fix it? Or is it just another weird temporary LJ bug?
If any of you are members of BookBrowse, a Judy Krueger posted a terrific review of Prospero Regained! http://www.bookbrowse.com/mag/reviews/index.cfm/book_number/2630/prospero-regained Here are two excerpts: “Prospero Regained is the final book in L. Jagi Lamplighter’s Prospero’s Daughter trilogy. The entire series is an impressive feat of fantasy writing that challenges the accomplishments of such bestsellers as China…
First…I hope to download my daughter’s Halloween pictures today and upload a few of them here. The kids were peepin’ adorable this year. The girls particularly. Ling Shan did her face up with Halloween makeup and looked exactly like one of those Chinese demon masks. She was adorable. Ping-Ping was the cutest mauve pirate in…
Gah! I just realizes that Wednesday rolled around, and I didn’t post anything. But I have an excuse. I was reading. In particular, I was reading the manuscript of a fellow writer. Books, in all their glory! (Circle pointing at my book added by a friend. ;-) Writers write. We also read. In…
A very interesting piece on what happens when a family does have extra children in China: http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/china-s-secret-children-27056769.html
Just discovered two friends were living in their car. They applied for an apartment they could have afforded (barely) but were turned down on credit. I’m letting they stay here, but we already have seven people living here. So, they need something more permenant and quickly. Does anyone have suggestions of places we could look…
O’ happy day! Calloo! Callay! Miss B, the Cherubim’s wonderful teacher, who was arrested last year on charges of child abuse, is now free. The judge dismissed the case. While this has been a horrible experience for her, Miss B is just astonished at the extraordinary outporing of support from parents of children she has…