Characters have a way of grabbing hold of us, don’t they? In May, I finished the first draft of my WIP, Brotherly Love, after taking a FastDraft workshop with Candace Havens. And “first draft” is definitely the appropriate term for it: There’s extraneous scenes, missing scenes, some less-than-stellar writing, and at least three attempts at an […]
My husband and I had a conversation about diversity and racism the other day. Our son (8 years old) is one of just a few white kids in his circle of friends, but he doesn’t even notice. He doesn’t care whether his friends are black, white, indian, or anything else. They’re just … *gasp*… people.
Several months back, my husband and I agreed that one night each week I should go out and do something for me. As in, without the kids. Now, I’m pretty sure what my husband had in mind was that I’d go out with some friends. Maybe even make more friends. Instead, I got all wide-eyed
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away!