The Friday Five – Author Interviews

by | May 4, 2007 | Daily Writings

I recently had the pleasure of asking author, Cynthia Cheng, the Friday Five questions. Her debut novel, ASPIRATIONS, is available now at Amazon, Borders, Barnes & Noble and other bookstores. This Canadian writer, born and raised in Toronto, likes to blog about...

Your Writing – an exercise

by | May 3, 2007 | Daily Writings

Hi. Today I’m giving you five words to use in a 100 or less word story. I totally stole the idea from Miss Snark (although, it’s a pretty common writing exercise). She got about 500 entries. I’m hoping for five. Show me what you’ve got! carpet...

My Writing – Lower your expectations

by | May 2, 2007 | Daily Writings

What? Lower your expectations! What kind of loser advice is that? Well, I’ll tell you. When I am revising a novel, it’s not unusual for me to write for 4-5 hours per day. In the final stretch, I can put in 6-9 hours. Pretty impressive, right? I am...

Teen Topic Tuesday – Teens push for Green Power

by | May 1, 2007 | Daily Writings

Tuesdays are topics that I think might be of interest to teens. I’m welcome to suggestions too. Here in the South we have an opportunity to participate in Green Power Switch. We opt to pay a little extra each month on our power bill and then the power company...

FRAMED by Frank Cottrell Boyce

by | Apr 30, 2007 | Need to Read

This is another great British MG. Set in a small town in Wales where their claim to fame is more rain than anywhere else in the UK, it’s about…well, I’m not going to tell you because if I do, I’ll spoil it. The beginnings a bit of a mystery. I...