Okay, so now we have the wings and halo made.
Next you get dressed. What you choose to wear is going to determine what kind of fallen angel you are. The first girl I made this for was a very traditional angel, wearing a long skirt and a velvet top. The second wore a sexy black [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 31, 2007
Best Halloween Costume Ever, pt. 2
October 30, 2007
The Best Halloween Costume Ever
Halloween is my favorite holiday, and due to circumstances beyond my control (hurricanes, they don’t really have it in Australia, etc.) it’s been several years since I was able to go all out. Also, my idea of a Halloween-themed wedding was vetoed.
I was determined to go Halloween or go bust this year. And this year [...]
October 26, 2007
Caffeine, queries, and connubial prep*
I’ve have a new hypothesis, and as far as I know, it has absolutely no basis in scientific thought, but anecdotal evidence seems to support it. Ready?
Caffeine makes me fall asleep.
Seriously. With all I’ve been doing lately, I’ve been looking for a bit of an extra kick in the evenings. Last evening, I stopped by [...]
October 25, 2007
Must be something in the air…
‘Cause everyone’s talking about pitching…
Agent Kristin Nelson tries to prove that you can write a perfect query letter while only detailing what happens in the first 20 pages of a book here. And is immediately besieged by naysayers who don’t really get the point — do not get bogged down with trying to include EVERYTHING. [...]
October 24, 2007
The Wave Rises…
Today, an excerpt from Extras, the #1 New York Times Bestseller by Scott Westerfeld:
“Come on, Hiro,” she said. “Unicorns aren’t real, and I know stuff about them. Like… they have horns on their foreheads. And they can fly!”
Hiro groaned. “No, that’s Pegasus that flies. Unicorns just have a horn.”
Now, I ask you. What can that [...]
October 23, 2007
Things on my mind
The Manuscript Mavens are doing a special Halloween “Choose Your Own Adventure” project, so stop by, catch up on the story and vote. (I’m one of the guest authors, so vote good, folks!)
You may have noticed that blog posts have been a bit thin on the ground in the last few weeks. That’s because I’m [...]
October 22, 2007
Dreams and Desires Vol. 2
Today we welcome special guest Amanda Brice, who has a story to share which is all too familiar:
___________________________________Diana, thanks for letting me blog today.
My freshman year of college, I lived down the hall from a girl named “Kate.” (Names changed to protect identities. If I get to have a pseudonym, then it’s only fair that [...]
October 18, 2007
Carrots on Sticks
As I was walking home from yoga class with my best friend last night (did I mention that she moved to town — literally down the street from me, and it puts a smile on my face every day to think that?), clutching our fruit smoothies (a post-yoga class tradition of ours) while simultaneously wearing [...]
October 16, 2007
An Afternoon in PA
First of all, some congratulations are in order:
*Congratulations to C.L. Wilson, whose debut Lord of the Fading Lands just hit the USA Today Bestseller list! I’ve been friends with C. for years (she’s responsible for the pseudonym I’ll take if I ever take one) and to finally see the fabulous Tairen Soul in book form [...]
