“So many fictional heroines seem to lack a great support base in female best friends. I’ve read about the Tomboy, the Lone Wolf, the Only Girl in the Clubhouse, et…Continue readingThe Importance of Womance
When I wrote the novel “Spellspam“, the second in my Worldweavers YA series, I was sure that the playful term which I invented – to describe spam which brought real…Continue readingInvented any words lately?
Donal Ryan’s debut novel was plucked out of the slush pile by an intern working at Lilliput Press in Dublin who raved about it to the publisher. The novel, which…Continue readingThey still read slush piles?
Often the latest slang is rather ancient. Calvin told Hobbes that “verbing weirds language” and I suspect he might be appalled at the use of ‘friend’ as a verb. But…Continue reading‘Verbing weirds language’
“Remember, writing is almost as much fun as sex!“ Ray Bradbury’s book inscription to Alec McCabe in 1989 —– “An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story.…Continue readingAs much fun as sex, almost
I came across this list of “Books That Changed You Profoundly” (see link at end) and I’m probably atypical. Some of them (GASP!) I have never read. Others I have…Continue readingWhich books changed you?
“‘You,’ Madeline said, her voice hollow and wheezing, ‘are like a bad case of herpes, wizard. You’re inconvenient, embarassing, no real threat, and you simply will not go away.’” —…Continue reading20 Great Insults
I have had several unexpected reviews lately for some of my books, new and old. For example, there was this comment about a book I wrote more than a decade…Continue readingReviews — the good and the ‘oh my!’