HR Writers Guild

I recently read a couple of articles about the Publisher’s Weekly (PW) top 100 books for 2009. What I found to be really stunning, like so many writers in my community, is that out of 100 authors only 29 were women. In the top 10, NOT 1 author was a woman. In this day and [...]

I know I just posted my introduction, but I thought of some slash fiction I wrote on April 7, 2008. I wrote it as an assignment for an Authorship and Discourse discussion about authorship and fandom and audience participation in one’s authored world. I chose to slash (it is a verb, right?) Great Expectations. It [...]

As an early and lifelong reader, and a fiction writer since I first learned my ABCs, these past four years have been particularly grating. During these years, I have been writing, but I haven’t been exercising the creative gears that have always made up such a crucial part of my identity. By joining this critique [...]

At a recent meeting my fellow writers double dog dared me to blog about a very personal event that happened this weekend. Of course, that meant I had to divulge my secret. However, I think I’ll be taking this in a different direction than they ever meant me to go. You see, I have a [...]

Vacation….it is something different to everyone. For me, it means a four star hotel with a pool and a weight room, in a major metropolitan area with lots of museums and festivals, lots of people, happy hour every evening in the hotel, and a selection of four star restaurants within walking distance. You see, living [...]