Choose Your Own Apocalypse

The Warrior Muse is hosting the Choose Your Own Apocalypse Blogfest today. I admit I forgot--signed up days ago, but neglected to actually ...

I'm in print!

A nice milestone to close my first whole year of being a writer: I get to see my words on an actual, physical, print publication .  A novel-...

50 Best Literary Insults (Thank you, ShortList)

You have favorite lines from Shakespeare, don't you? Roald Dahl, Margaret Atwood, James Joyce? Lines so poignant, so rife with truth tha...

My Next Big Thing

I was invited to participate in the NEXT BIG THING blog hop by the awesome Vanessa Wu of Intense Sensations  (read her awesome Big Thing pos...

The Do-Over 'Fest: Progress

Originally posted on April 18 this year, for the A to Z Challenge: Progress. Brought to you via the Deja Vu Blogfest , courtesy of DL Hammon...

Those poor bots, man

Last week, for the first time ever, a spam comment made its way past the Blogger filters. First time in eighteen months . Like everyone, I g...

Post-NaNo Blues

On Friday I skidded past the NaNo winning line at 50,022 words and felt all good and self-satisfied with myself. I decided to take the week...

By the skin of my teeth, but I did it.

Which makes me a

NaNo--the last 1,000 words

Whew

NaNo Update Nov. 28 2012

Pffff... I'm aiming for a historic redefinition of the 'comeback' concept. See that slump there, from Day 17 to Day 25. I flatli...

Say Thank You

Have you ever given a stranger's child a gift? Maybe a colleague invited you to their son's birthday party, or Bar Mitzvah, or Chris...

NaNo Update -- 2012/11/18

So I didn't make those 5K I promised the other day... Or any day since. *Sigh* But I did  manage to catch up, at least to the par per da...

NaNo Update 2012/11/14

I have been remiss in my NaNo updates, haven't I? Yeah... Well, I've been remiss in my NaNo, period. I'm far behind my goal of 3...

SF vs. NY Bestsellers

A great compilation and comparison of 10 bestsellers at City Lights (San Francisco) and McNally Jackson (New York), via SF Weekly Blogs ....

US Elections 2012

Why do I care, you say? I'm Mexican, not American, right? Plus, I live on a Caribbean island faaaar removed from American politics. Righ...

NaNo Update 2012.11.01

Yep, I started at midnight. Hope to get in enough word count to make me feel a bit more comfortable about that 75K goal I've committed t...

Writing Myths--Debunked?

If you missed this on Poets & Writers , read it. Seriously.

Where Do Ideas Come From?

With NaNo prep running rampant everywhere, the forums teeming with excellent plots and characters so alive you hear their pulse, isn't ...

NaNo Spotlight Interview

Today the great Chris Kelworth features me in his NaNo Spotlight series. Come on over and join the conversation!

NaNo update

NaNo begins in 15 days, and I'm beginning to have serious doubts on whether I can reach 50K or not. Last year , my first, was tough eno...

Just broke 25K views!

According to Blogger's counter, Quiet Laughter just got 25,005 views--yay! A triple round of Tequila Gratitude for all you wonderful peo...

To Close Banned Books Week

In case you missed this on Flavorwire: Famous Authors' Funniest Responses To Their Books Being Banned . My favorites? No, no--don't ...

NaNoWriMo 2012

Last year was my first NaNo . Yeah, I won with 54K (or was it 52K? Oh, oops-- 50,582  :D Bit full of myself, aren't I?). As soon as it w...

Romy's Story

The last weekend of September I got a call from CARF . "There's a dog at the dump," the woman said. "We've been feedi...