Authors, BEA, beautiful life, Books, Hearts and Hearts, Humor, Hunger Games, Young Adult Novels

Hunger Games text messages, pre BEA and Fun.

I'm not actually going, going to BEA this year (I know, I know I'm a terrible writer!)  - but I am meeting up with some pretty cool authors today. So I don't have time for a real post, BUT I did find something that might make you smile on this Monday. Enjoy random Hunger Games… Continue reading Hunger Games text messages, pre BEA and Fun.

Goat Posse, Humor, Inspiration, Interwebs, Meme's, Pictures worth a thousand words, Public Shame, Twitter

The Evil Panty Meme Rides Again

Um, so, this one time on Twitter...I may have thought it was a REALLY good idea to harass one of my friends into creating an evil panty meme. Hey, it felt like the right thing for a Tuesday morning. Being that all of my friends on Twitter are AWESOME, she obliged. (I’m talking about @MichelleSimkins,… Continue reading The Evil Panty Meme Rides Again

For Writers, Hearts and Hearts, Humor, Inspiration, Public Shame, Rejection, Writing, Writing Life

Thanks, but no thanks. (Fake) Rejection letter hell.

For some road-to-publishing fun, I decided to take some of the most [in]famous rejection letters (sent to UBER famous authors), and combine them into one hellish rejection.  May the dreaded form rejection never look quite-so-bad again, my fellow author-ly types. Have a fabulous day. <3333 *Rejection excerpts taken from the following authors/works: LOLITA by Vladimir… Continue reading Thanks, but no thanks. (Fake) Rejection letter hell.

Authors, For Writers, Humor, Manuscript Requests, Query Letter, Writing, Writing Life, Young Adult Novels

A Day in the Life: Querying Phase

Regular blog followers know I'm just beginning to query my latest shiny manuscript. So I thought I’d interject some humor for others who are, or have ever been a part of the query-go-round. Enjoy! Day in the writing life: Querying Phase Morning coffee Open special query email Gasp when you see 10 new messages Swear… Continue reading A Day in the Life: Querying Phase

Authors, For Writers, Hearts and Hearts, Humor, Quotes, Writing Life

Top five [misquoted] things writers should avoid.

 I like LOVE to post top quotes in various categories: Music, writing, food, and so on. But today I thought it’d be fun to twist some popular quotes around and turn them into HORRIBLE writing advice.  Consider it an exercise in getting your brain back into the work grind. Happy Monday! XOXO  Top five misquoted things that… Continue reading Top five [misquoted] things writers should avoid.