What is it about me?

Do me a favor… buzz over to the “About Me” tab and take a peek at my picture.
Does it say, “Can I Help You?” in magic ink on my forehead or something?
For reasons I never understand, people gravitate to me when they have questions.  I do work in a service industry, but– trust me– I [...]

Today I am reveling in my own geekiness…

Yesterday, I learned how to use Palm Markup Language. So I have now formatted my manuscript as an ebook (.pdb) for my palm.
With a clickable table of contents, and preserving my formatting.
I have no idea if anyone will ever look at it besides me, but I still think it’s pretty [...]

What I’ve Learned, Part III

This is tangentially related to Part II.
When in doubt, err on the side of making it easy to contact you.
A few months ago, I attended a lecture on “What to Do After ‘The End’” by author Sean Chercover.
When asked what he would do differently if he was seeking agent representation today, he told us he [...]

Every Car Has Its Life-Threatening Defect

So, virtually every car has some sort of glitch.  Our old minivan had a transmission that was prone to crapping out without warning.
And my luck dictates that if a glitch is possible, it is probable.
So, recently I was driving home from work in my dream car.  The weather was fabulous, and, inhibitions removed by lack [...]

John Denver and I Made Up Today…

Remember this?
Today, for the first time in a month, Sunshine on My Shoulders came up on my random mp3 disk.  But today was a gorgeous day.
So John and I are officially back together. 
Wearing my $5, non-prescription sunglasses in the springtime sunshine, letting my eyes caress the hollow of each individual leaf shimmying in the [...]

Brain the Size of a Planet and Still Dumb

Ms. Brain-the-Size-of-a-Planet was one of my ex-boyfriend’s nicknames for me (Douglas Adams fan, natch). There is ample subjective and objective evidence to suggest that I am a smart person. And yet…
I have a lovely mp3 mix that I listen to in my car. A playlist of ~200 songs that I listened [...]

What I’ve learned about writing a novel and trying to publish, part two

It’s hard to believe it’s been a month already since What I’ve Learned, Part One.
So, Time for Part Two:
Read the Directions.
I know this seems too obvious to bother pointing out. Specifically, it reminds me of one of the most major verbal ass-kickings I survived as a child.
When I was in fourth grade, our teacher, [...]

Query Thoughts From a Serial Monogamist

I have been a serial monogamist for as long as I can remember. I got engaged to my first boyfriend at 3 years old. Our engagement lasted two years, until we started separate kindergarten classes and decided to part ways.
That’s when I got engaged to the boy I called “Mucho Macho Jason” [...]

Go,Go, GADGET!!

I found a cool gadget for Windows Vista. It links to a site called Bloglines where you can keep track of all your blog feeds.
So I have a sweet little box on my desktop that will instantly tell me if any of my favorite Agent Blogs have new postings, or if there’s any breaking [...]