This isn’t my best foray into Canva quote designs but I love the sentiment and I hope you do, too. You made it to Friday. Maybe it wasn’t pretty. Maybe you didn’t log 1,000 words a
The great, compelling and prolific speculative fiction writer Lois McMaster Bujold penned these choice words. And, as we go back to work, school or whatever reality awaits us today, let’s hold on to this truth and
For the first installment of this month’s promised “Wordy Celebrations,” may I point you to the wonderful writings of Barbara Dee. Barbara stopped by my blog way back in 2016 to celebrate the publication of
We’vearrived. Yes, it’s 2020, where everything should be perfectly clear. Our newdecade looks likely to begin with a year of bad 20/20 vision puns. We’re “outwith the old” which, in 2020, means post-holiday clearance sales
Okay, team, truth is I have an EPIC commute. Between my Seattle office, my son’s middle school and my off-a-windy-road home, I spend a minimum of three hours in my car every day. What’s a girl
SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2019, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Woodinville Library, 17105 Avondale Road NE, Woodinville, WA First Pages Interactive Workshop hollycupala.com stasiawardkehoe.com Are your first 250 words ready for a professional review?
Here’s to a year without excuses. Yes, let’s begin 2019 without resolutions — or reservations! Write the words, hit the gym, take the class, say YES to your dreams. When you feel weary, walk. When you
It’s weird, you know, when you see your book on one of these library “issues” lists. It’s cool, of course, to know that someone actually has a hard copy on a shelf somewhere. But there’s always
Backstory: It’s been a fallow year for my novel-writing career (intentional rhyme) but a delightful twelve months at the day job. I’m learning, creating and indulging my passions for consonance, rhyme and catchy turns-of-phrase. All of
OR the magical distinction between YA and adult literature OR why Mia Thermopolis is not the same as Lee Fiora The evolution of the YA bookshelf is a frequent topic amongst publishing professionals. We point to