Jealousy turns me on
This is eight weeks output. Go hard or go home, right? Well, I hope jealousy turns me on because today all I’ve got is envy. Jealousy is not pretty. It’s uglier still if it’s your kid you’re...
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I showed my last post to Stephen King Junior. He loved it. Thought it was hilarious. He loves that I’m stacking his writing against mine – he has always said he has more books than me – he loves that...
View Articlehey, optimism! get back here and do your job!
Parenting’s a caper. Being a mother, I love, being a parent, I could leave out. I don’t know why suddenly I’m seeing this big distinction. I never separated the two, but lately I have been. Mothering...
View Articleanemia is my latest crush
There, it is in the corner of the room, unobtrusive, you get the smallest look at it from the corner of your eye. You think nothing of it. But in that glimpse Anemia entered your consciousness. Oh...
View Articletop ten ways to not finish your second novel
1. Bask in first novel glory. Relive the launch of your book, reread the press clippings, get hung up on imaginary discussions of what constitutes genre, where erotica ends and porn begins, notice the...
View Articlemake sentences and make your life
A couple of weeks ago I chucked out the novel I was working on. Sort of. That thing is digital. I’ve emailed it to myself, I’ve saved it here and there, it lives in my computer. I can’t get rid of it....
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