Can I Get a Side of Reality With That?

A blog rife with word nerdery.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Cliffhangers: leave them wanting...

›
More! DID YOU SEE THAT COMING? I love a good cliffhanger. Even when they're cheesy and overdone and at the end of every chapter (cou...
5 comments:
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

What's on a wall? A study in character

›
While planning my latest WIP I ran into an interesting wall (no pun intended) (but it worked out nicely) while developing my MC. She is a 16...
2 comments:
Thursday, August 30, 2012

September, what are YOU doing here?!?

›
Just a brief check-in with all my bloggy friends to say hallow, and confirm (yet again) that I've not bitten the big one (yet) (again). ...
5 comments:
Thursday, July 26, 2012

What does it mean to be a geek girl?

›
I'm going a little off topic today (which would imply I'm ever ON topic, which I'm not). I read an interesting article on CNN ...
3 comments:
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Using your query letter and synopsis to identify plot holes

›
I'm in the process of editing/fixing/crying over/rewriting/preparing my latest WIP for querying agents. I learned a lot about the proces...
5 comments:
Monday, July 16, 2012

Knowing which manuscript to follow (not so easy)

›
I've had a lot of trouble lately staying focused on one particular story. I finished a WIP back in January and started on heavy-duty edi...
5 comments:
Monday, June 25, 2012

And this is why I don't tell family I write

›
I recently spent some time with extended family, and the topic of "what I was up to" came up, as it does with us young-ish folk. S...
7 comments:
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

My bone to pick: the "worthless" protag

›
I've noticed a trend in YA of the "never good at anything" protagonist. And when I say trend, I mean it's in like every bo...
8 comments:
Monday, May 21, 2012

How do you capture ideas?

›
I think any creative type knows the drill: you're walking out to your car and inspiration hits. Or you're just about to hop in the s...
4 comments:
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Confession time

›
1) I have so many great blog post ideas rattling around my brain, but I don't have the time/brain space to dedicate to them. And so they...
5 comments:
›
Home
View web version

Who I Be

My photo
JEM
Austin, TX, United States
I am a writer, martial artist, and coffee addict. I works in software by day and fight supervillains by night. Or at least I write about fighting supervillains by night. I live in Austin, TX with the partner-in-crime and our trusty sidekick, Scout.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.