Life is funny. As a child, Australia was a far-away fairyland that seemed as reachable as Narnia or Middle-Earth. AND NOW I’M HERE!!! Way, way back in 2006-ish I was on the online writing group called Critique Circle and met an Aussie author named Amy Laurens. She was finishing college,…
It’s hard to believe that I’ve been living in Korea for a year now. But here we are! In the past twelve months I’ve moved across the world, seen another graduate, sent two kids off to college, my youngest has left grade school officially and is now a tween, and…
One of those questions that always throws me is, “Why do you care about THAT? You don’t need to know that for your job.” As if curiosity and learning aren’t their own reward. Usually I let it slide with an eye roll. I don’t have time to lecture every random…
When I saw the last few months have been busy I mean my schedule has been packed from 7am (or earlier) every day to 10pm every night. I wish it was all books. Some of it was books. I’ve been lucky enough to have excellent editing clients this year with…
My last update was in August the week before my husband didn’t have a heart attack. The DIDN’T is very important, according to the doctor, because it looked very much like a heart attack. It had all the symptoms and signs of a heart attack. He collapsed during a run…
Roughly 90 days ago I packed up my office in South Carolina, took the art off the walls, put the books in a box, unplugged my computer, and moved across the globe to South Korea. In between there were multiple hotels, visits with friends, stays with family, language confusion, a…
We’re downsizing. We’ve sold one of our three cars, we’re selling another next month, and moving from our oversized six-bedroom house in the suburbs to a much more walkable, bike-able area in a new city (in another country… but that’s not the point). The point is: I haven’t ridden a…
*blows dust off blog* *scrolls through old posts* When I last updated the blog I was waiting for visas and passports. Let’s check the list and see how this move is going… ✓ Passports ✓ Visas ✓ Flight to Korea ✓ Flight to Seattle to get on the…
About twenty minutes ago my youngest child walked into my office with a green marble and asked if I could make a necklace out of it. Until recently my answer would have been, “I know it can be done, but I don’t know how.” But in February I was smitten…
Sometimes the only way to get the change you need in an industry is to air some of the dirty laundry. So let me pull up the curtain and talk about what’s happening in publishing right now… … if you’re following authors, editors, or publishers on social media in the…