by Christie Meierz | Nov 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m going to PhilCon this coming weekend, and here’s my schedule as of 10/31/13: Fri 11:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Three (1 hour) “THEY SAID WHAT ABOUT MY BOOK!?” MISLEADING OR EMBARRASSING BLURBS [Panelists: Stephanie Burke (mod), D.L. Carter,...
by Christie Meierz | Nov 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last night, we had a family movie night upstairs and finally watched the latest Star Trek movie, Into Darkness. First, I was a little confused, when the final credits rolled, as to what darkness we were talking about. Second, well, spoilers. Click on the thingie...
by Christie Meierz | Oct 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
Lots of folks are gearing up for NaNoWriMo, aka National Novel Writing Month. According to the website, there are over 200,000 people registered. Thatsa lotta books. I’m not one of that 200,000+, and I feel guilty for some strange reason. Not that I feel some...
by Christie Meierz | Oct 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m trying a new thing in Farryn’s War: limiting myself to two point-of-view characters, and writing alternate chapters in each. As much as I like to head-hop, this is a challenge. I have to rein myself in and NOT write a scene from some interesting minor...
by Christie Meierz | Oct 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
No one likes to talk about the death of a child.I learned that the hard way, by losing one and then finding that no one wanted to hear about it. Thirty years ago today, I lost a ten-month-old son to congestive heart failure. He was born tiny and sick, and he never...
