Mental Health Monday–Put a little salt in the stew

Lydia of Medical Mondays fame posed the following question: What’s the history of Lithium? Lithium–a naturally occurring metallic salt and the third element on the periodic table–was “discovered” in 1817. Doctors used it to treat gout and found it also had mood stabilizing properties. In 1949, Australian psychiatrist John Cade published the first scientific article [...]

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Flake-out Friday–Alternate Endings

The last scene of a novel, movie, TV show, or play really has to be done just right, doesn’t it? Well, what would happen if the ending changed? Check out this link to see how The Lord of the Rings Should Have Ended. Had the Fellowship done this, things would have been a LOT easier. [...]

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Sisterhood of the Traveling Blog–A rose by any other name is still a rose. So why bother renaming it?

BOOK TITLES. CHAPTER HEADINGS. FIRST NAMES. LAST NAMES. ALIASES. UNIQUE TERMS FOR MYTHICAL BEINGS. What makes a name so crucial? What makes coming up with names so freaking difficult? What makes changing a name so painful?! Let’s try this exercise—it’ll only take a second, I promise. Think about a name. It can be of a [...]

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BLOG CHAIN–Finding the Rewards in Challenges

Eric started this round of the blog chain with a fabulous question: What do you find to be the most challenging aspect of being a writer?  What is your greatest reward from writing? This is a great question because sometimes the challenges seem to outweigh the rewards. Like a lot. So much, in fact, that [...]

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Mental Health Monday–It’s All About Perspective

Ever read Plato’s Allegory of the Cave from The Republic? The gist: People are chained in a cave and are only able to see shadows cast onto a blank wall in front of them. They believe this is reality. They are bound by their perspective and they are prisoners of it. Only when they escape [...]

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Flake-out Friday–Spoof This!

If Newton applied his laws of motion to movies, he would have said: With every smash hit franchise, there must be its equal and opposite disaster–THE SPOOF. Here’s the trailer to Twilight’s knock off, Vampires Suck. Enjoy.

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Sisterhood of the Traveling Blog–SYNOPSIS!!!!

Alrighty, you’ve finished your manuscript. You’ve written a query letter. What’s next? The synopsis. GAH! If you’ve been in the blogosphere for any length to time, you know advice about synopsis writing varies (as with everything else). Is it supposed to be 500 words or 5 pages? Is it supposed to be single-spaced or double? [...]

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Mental Health Monday–Manic Monday

Whether or not you’re in to memoirs, Terry Cheney’s MANIC really gives a pretty accurate—and incredibly well written—first person account of a woman managing life with a mood disorder. Terry has Bipolar Disorder (which used to be called Manic Depression) and she wrote this book to share her experience and spread awareness of what it’s [...]

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Blog Chain: Whaddya doin’?

Cole started this round of the blog chain with this question: Are you querying? Gearing up to go on submission? Writing? Revising? I’d love to hear what’s new with you. And if you’d like to share a snippet of your WIP, even better! Like so many other writers, I’m juggling several balls in the air, which makes my [...]

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Sisterhood of the Traveling Blog–ARE YOU READY FOR DAY TWO OF WriteOnCon?!

OHMIGOD, OHMIGOD, OHMIGOD! Day 2 of WriteOnCon people! What are you doing reading this?! Head over there!!!!! NOW! Oh, wait a minute! Before you go: This week, Lydia shares her strategy on WAITING, so read her post first, ‘kay? *grin*

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