NSI Is with The Developmental Editor
I thought I’d start with the good news. I had been tweaking and re-writing all of Not So Innocent for the last few years. So the Alpha readers only had the last few chapters to really delve into a lot of notes. They did have a lot of notes for the rest of the story […]
Those Seven Months Flew By!
Why is time moving so fast? I swear to you that I was 25 like yesterday. Now I’m 26(+20 >.>). YES, I’M OLD. Which is my entire excuse..? Trying to keep track of all my social media is a testament to my age. Twitter, Facebook(Why are we as a community still using this? Can we […]
Woo! Summer…Update inc
This is gonna be quick and dirty, just how I you like it. I’m not much further along than I was in the last update, except that I threw out a scene and may or may not get it out of the trash, depending on how obsessed annoyed I get with thinking about it. It’s summer and […]
April Update, but no Fools
So, remember that guy who once wrote a book? Well, he’s still around. Is he still writing? Yup. If anyone out there is listening still, I am writing! The nitty gritty: I have three scenes, not chapters, scenes, left in Not So Innocent. Unfortunately, I’ve been stuck on one of those scenes for nearly a month […]
Why is it September and I’m Not Done?
This is Newb, our new kitten. Newb is my peace offering for being gone so long. I hope he has made you feel less stabby towards me. He seems to have that effect. Now, let’s get to updates! I had a brain fart for most of April and May and June…and some of […]
Update (TL;DR: No huge news)
I can’t remember when I started reading Stupid Post it Notes. It was a looooooooong time ago. If you haven’t read it, it’s sort of a rambling mess of cracky awesome teenage angst. SPIN, for short, is a slash fiction story about Seth and Tuesday. Yes, Tuesday. That’s his name and I think it says a […]
What? Is Dani Posting So Soon?
No, I’m sorry, this isn’t about NSI, which i’m totally writing 100% of the day except this post. >.> Promise. <.< Ahem. New subject. I’ve ignored a website in the past because, back when they first started their “campaign”, I figured a) the deluded doxxing of reviewers was an anomaly and, b) hey, let’s not give them […]
November Up–yours, Dani!
I suck. I’m sorry, but I don’t have any really awesome news. Not really bad news either, but not awesome. I let NSI rest for two weeks so I could get fresh eyes on it. When I returned to edit, I stripped most of the one whole chapter and a lot of the others toward the end. Since […]
September Update
I wish I could think of something clever and funny atm, but my mind is filled with cotton–or snot that’s dried like cotton around my brain. So, today’s update brought to you by The Gross Unfunny Dani. I could have updated on the first, except I broke my foot. And after hospital visits and xrays, I […]
The August Update in Which I Update, Rant and Apologize
I know. I’m a bad person who didn’t update last month. There’s a reason for that and the reason is: I didn’t want to. =P Okay, that’s too simplistic. The reason was, it was bad news. I hate bad news (even though it makes me look at porn, which is a good result of bad […]
Update Three!
It’s May 1st and there’s snow outside. . Onto what you’re really wanting to know! How’s NSI going. Kinda awesomely! I’m working on the last few chapters which had to be extensively rewritten and a few extra scenes my beta recommended. So we’re in the home stretch. No dates yet, sorry, I won’t know that […]
It’s UPDATE day!
It’s been *checks other post* about a month since my last update and I figured that’s about right for a new one. I might do more updates sooner, but I’ll try not to make them longer. I do have news and it’s good, better and meh, depending on your outlook =D To those who loved […]
The Revision Process: Where the Manuscript Tells You to Go Fuck Yourself
This is the update post, because…stuff and dates. It’s Monday and my brain’s been on vacation for two days while I updated the site and created a new logo and basically gave my manuscript the finger because it’s being an ass. That sounds like bad news, but it’s not (I explain why later) =D. Well, […]
Danibble Poll!
Vote! (When I get this poll thing working!)
Monday Danibble
Mondays are the worst, aren’t they? Well, I dunno if this will make yours better. Monday Danibbles (see below for a definition). (maybe we can get other authors involved too?) First, let’s start with a definition of ‘drabble’. “A drabble is an extremely short work of fiction of exactly one hundred words in length, not necessarily including the […]
Kick Start by Josh Lanyon!
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR DIAL …. (or in computer parlance) DO NOT REBOOT YOUR PC … IN A BREAK FROM NORMAL TRANSMISSION … THE FANYONS HAVE TAKEN OVER … To celebrate the release of Kick Start, Book 5 in the Dangerous Ground series by Josh Lanyon, the Fanyons have taken to the interwebz and commandeered […]
It’s OVER!
This was the scene today: The empty bag of the last poison going into my system! That’s right people. CHEMO HAS ENDED. Now I just need to get through my next three weeks of symptoms and I’m FREE, BABY. FREE! No more CHEMOBRAIN. \o/ So after my three weeks are over, […]
If you were worried I’d lose my sense of humor
Don’t be! I was sitting here doing everything but writing on my IPAD and, slacker that I am, thought I’d take pictures of my room. Because I probably find weird things funny. Like, my chemo treatment is the color of cherry kool-aid: And, not so coincidentally, so is my pee (no pic of that…unless requested. […]
Oh, Look, Another Update *flees*
I’ll start off this post by saying two things (one thing is a list of rules, so I’m not sure it technically counts as two things–but I’m going with two). First of all, I’m wearing a full sumo-wrestling bodysuit, so your pitchforks shall not penetrate. Any other way you want to penetrate, we’ll talk… Secondly, […]
By Leaps and Bounds We Move Forward
Yes, I do mean our election in the USA–gay marriage, gay congress members, gay senate members(OMG I’m proud of my country!)–but I also mean the LGBT-reading community. I’m going to write a very short post because I’m in full-on workmode with NSI, but this is a post that needs to be written. Last year, the […]
Say no to Doxxing
I’m going to make this really short and sweet. Remember when The Site That Shall Not Be Named started posting personal information about reviewers, including their pictures etc? That’s called Doxxing. It’s a way of outing people online and bullying them. The mother of all doxxing came this weekend on Gawker’s website in the form […]
Something Every Writer Should Know-Copyright and Trademarks
Disclaimer 1: All the information below is what I’ve gleaned as a non-lawyer (so-far-from-a-lawyer-that-I’m-two-steps-from-criminal), a non legal scholar, and as, possibly, a non-intellectual. Te information came from internet articles and various message boards where I asked questions. This is not legal advice, if you take legal advice from me, you might want to remind yourself that I […]
The Interview with the Cover Model We All Love: Francis J Cura
Today I’m hosting an interview I had with Francis J Cura. You’ll recognize him from both Chris’s stumblingoverchaos blog (check out the naughty santa section for covers) and many of the covers of various novels. I’d call him the Fabio of this decade, but he’s way more than a gorgeous face and stunning physique. Mr. […]
Dear Haters
6$? Guess marriage equality means more to me. I spent $50 bucks at Amazon today and Freedom To Marry also got a donation!
My Rapist, My Love Interest–Guest Post by Author Isa K
“About three quarters of the way into the story I started to realize there was a problem. The MC wasn’t going to end up with the right man.” This was my trusted publisher’s reaction to Guttersnipe when I sent it to her. It floored me, mostly because “Mr. Right” in this particular situation had spent […]