I often joke that I'm a plant--I need my sunshine! The shamrock in our front window (inherited from my Irish great-grandma, and a decade older than I am) responds so enthusiastically to sunlight that you can almost see its movement toward the light when we open the curtains. My daughter says she's half-leprechaun, so maybe I'm … Continue reading Cracking the Winter Chrysalis
Tag: Writing
Buoyancy Control
The inflatable vest worn by a Scuba diver is called the BC, or Buoyancy Compensator. It connects to the diver's air tank, and can be used to control buoyancy---the level in the water where the diver wants to hover or cruise. Add a little air with the inflator button to rise slightly in the water, … Continue reading Buoyancy Control
YOUR Advice? Self-Publishing vs. Traditional
A blogging-friend emailed me today to say she has finished her novel (pause here to CHEER for her!) and she wondered what I thought about self-publishing versus finding an agent and traditional publisher. I have no authority or experience on this question, having neither written nor published a book--though husband and two sons are pretty … Continue reading YOUR Advice? Self-Publishing vs. Traditional
Blogging Tips: Growing a Readership
Blogging isn't intended to be a numbers-game, but most of us would be lying if we said we didn't note our own numbers. (See "Confessions of a Statistics Slut" for proof of my own profligacy in this regard...) A blogging-friend asked the other day about growing a readership on WordPress, so here's what I have … Continue reading Blogging Tips: Growing a Readership
On the Ethics of Storytelling, and the Art of Making Shit Up
I've mentioned before that my mother is my story-telling idol. Well, she's one of several... My storytelling-on-pages idol is Robert Jordan (who had the audacity to go and die before finishing the Wheel of Time series I've been waiting on since I picked up the first book in 1992... though I'm relieved to report that … Continue reading On the Ethics of Storytelling, and the Art of Making Shit Up
Some barely-related stories, and memories of a Storyteller
I have to say, I quite enjoyed the ethical discussion spurred by the post about my writing-dilemma last week ("Cheatin' on a Cheater"). Not everyone was in favor of my "solution" (if, indeed, my decision deserves such a designation)--but we all got to thinking, didn't we? On a related topic, this morning I also enjoyed reading … Continue reading Some barely-related stories, and memories of a Storyteller
Blogging Tech-Tips: Getting Started
A friend of mine who's interested in blogging asked if I could help her out with some instructions for getting started in WordPress--so I figure this is a good place to put together some start-up pointers, and leave them available in case anybody else can use them... WordPress has put out some instructional pieces of … Continue reading Blogging Tech-Tips: Getting Started
Kana's Chronicles 