Writerly

Yes, it’s been a while. Partly, I haven’t known what to say that could possibly follow winning a Prism award. Partly, beyond trying (sometimes unsuccessfully) to post short daily updates on my Facebook author page, I’ve had little to say. Truly, I lead a very...
zOMG!!!

zOMG!!!

The Marann won the 2013 Prism award, Futuristic category! This is given by the Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal chapter of the Romance Writers of America (one of its largest chapters). I was stunned. They gave me a mic, and I don’t even know what I said. I...

Hot-lanta!

Tomorrow the husband and I are driving to Atlanta, Georgia for the RWA Nationals. There’s a workshop that I really want to attend in every single time slot, and in some cases, two. So this should be fun, educational, and exhausting. Thursday evening, I’ll...

Plain Women Need Not Apply

By now, you may have seen the video of Dustin Hoffman making the rounds on Facebook, wherein he gets teary-eyed because he had an epiphany when makeup artists couldn’t make him beautiful to play the role of Tootsie. If you haven’t, it’s here. You may...

A Hard Day’s Edit

I am buried in Marann edits. It’s left me with little energy for anything else, including this blog. For this, I apologize. If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you can see daily progress updates. I really am here! I’m one of those authors who truly...