If I Were Scripting the DVD Commentary for Half-Blood Prince…

So, I saw Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince shortly after it came out. I have mixed feelings about the film, as I found plenty to both love and hate about it.
I figure the movie has been out long enough now to safely post details, but if you haven’t seen it and are spoilerphobic, [...]

Well… That’s a Little Freaky, Frankly.

So, I had to coordinate a series of interviews today for a new doctor in my department. I offered to take her to lunch afterward, but she needed to leave for an afternoon shift. Which left me all ready to go to lunch, but completely on my own.
This doesn’t happen often. Due to the nature [...]

Who Doesn’t Enjoy a Makeover Once in a While?

I heart my wordpress blog. Seriously.
I love the post editor here. I love that I can have as many pages as I want and keep everything neat and organized. I love the threaded comments and the stat reports.
I love WordPress more than the other blog sites, and I can say that fairly objectively. You may [...]

Under Cover

Kate Schafer Testerman posted this little activity over on KT Literary. You can read the full rules on her site, but in a nutshell: the task was to design a book cover using a randomly generated author name, book title, and cover image.
So I decided to play along (It’s the least I can do after [...]

Another Mystery Solved!

My husband, affectionately known around these parts as “Mr. Kiddoc,” has baffled me for years.
He can make things disappear without a trace. Give him a set of keys or a remote control or a scrap of paper with a phone number on it and– in under a minute– it will be gone. He won’t even [...]

Shh… It’s Vewy Vewy Quiet. And CakeWrecks Rocks.

If you’re a regular reader here, you may have noticed I’ve been uncharacteristically quiet lately. There are a number of reasons for that, some of which I hope to share soon.
But in the meanwhile, one of my favorite non-publishing blogs, Cake Wrecks, had done a special Sunday Sweets Edition on books!
You must check it out [...]

Today, In a Nutshell… or Pages and Pages

Today has been an uberwacky sort of day. Here’s a little rundown of the highlights:

Woke up. Late. (cuz I was up late coughing. It’s the end of a stinky virus)
Scuzzled around like a madwoman and lead-footed it to work.
Arrived to big banner announcing that the hospital is switching pager service providers, which means the stinging [...]

Back on the Chain Gang: Heart to Heart

This round of the blog chain has gone all creative-writing-assignment.
The topic, chosen by Jessica Verday:
I’ve chosen to put all of you writers to the test and am throwing down the challenge to…WRITE! I want a short story. (Mine is 250 words. Feel free to write one hundred, three hundred, five hundred…whatever! words)
Mary Lindsey was before [...]

Gather ’round, Peeps! Tis the season…

The season to enjoy one of my all-time favorite websites, that is.
The Peeps Research site is deliciously entertaining evidence of what happens when awesomely funny medical students meet extreme boredom (with tasty marshmallow chickens).

The effects of smoking and drinking on Peeps cracks me up.
But my heart will always belong to the attempt to separate the [...]

The Doctor is In. In Deep Smit, that is…

Friday again. Yippee!
And this week I am deeply smitten with my awesome blog readers. As you probably know, I’ve been co-authoring the QueryTracker.net blog since December. I’ve recently started a feature there answering writers’ medical questions for their works of fiction.

It’s been a heck of a lot of fun, and the questions are now starting [...]

An Open Market: Back on the Chain Gang

So someone needs to start off the next round for the blog chain gang.

So all of us on this blog chain gang have worked feverishly on what needs to be done before a novel gets published. Some of us are quite close to publication, including the next link in our chain, Jessica Verday whose debut [...]

QueryTracker.net Link Lottery Contest!

Over at the QueryTracker.net blog, we are delighted to announce the QueryTracker.net Link Lottery!
Very easy to enter and a great prize!

A Few of My Favorite Things (Back on the Chain Gang)

For the holidays, my blog chain gang decided to try something different… instead of each of us posting in turn on a topic chosen by one of us, we would each choose our own topic and post whenever  inspiration struck. Make sure to check out the Jingle Bell Blog Chain posts for Archetype and Abi.
Now [...]

I’m Grateful and U-R-A-QT (In Deep Smit 12/26/08)

Another Friday here, although I suppose for most folks today was a holiday.  But just like there is no crying in baseball, there are no holidays in the hospital.

Regardless, it’s time for another “In Deep Smit” posting. I have many things to be grateful for this week, especially.  I’m grateful for the time I spent [...]

Storming Out! I’ve Had Enough!!

To my old love…
We simply can’t go on like this.
For years, you and I have pursued this on-again-off-again relationship, and we always end up right back where we started.
I’m miserable with you. I feel numb.
I’m tired of fighting with you when you just bury everything. We fight every time we go out. It seems like [...]