Uncreated Conscience

I got a Nikon D60 for Christmas (I have named him Argos) and I’ve been so enamored of him, I practically sleep with him in the bed. White-Harp is not pleased. As promised, here is a silly post of the photographic variety. Later today I hope to get around to reviewing RAMPANT by Diana Peterfreund [...]

Last night I went to the 10 year reunion of my High Point Academy classmates and had an amazing time (but then again, we always did). I went to a small private school–36 of us in our graduating class–so in effect, these were kids with whom I grew up. For nostalgia’s sake, Mandi brought our [...]

As an administrative note: St. Martin’s Press will be closed for business from Thursday, December 24th through Sunday, January 3rd. I, on the other hand, will continue to blog and read my face off. Over the break, expect less posts of the publishing variety and more posts of the photographic/silly/life variety.

Even if walking about in the city after it’s snowed is a dirty, slushy, wet, and disgusting slog, there’s something magical about the first real snowfall of the season. There’s something lovely about a world blanketed in white, hushed and quiet. I always think of snowfall as silent even when it’s not, even when little [...]

Every year I look forward to Christmas for several reasons, not the least of which is going back home to California to get warm see my family. One of the nice things about working in publishing is that the industry takes a break between Christmas and New Year, freeing up time to read without having [...]

Before we get to business, how about a little rampant narcissism? When I was younger, my mother used to accuse me of dressing like a cartoon character. Well, she’s sort of right–on most days I like to fictionalize myself, and this includes wearing a costume. Some days I like to dress like a flapper, on [...]

A few days ago, I saw a link posted by Debbi Ridpath Oh on some notes she took at SCBWI 2009 on 7 Reasons Why Your Manuscript Got Rejected. (By the way, if you don’t have Inky Girl: Daily Diversions for Writers on your RSS readers, you are missing out on helpful advice, commiseration, and [...]

Finally, a review! I’ve got several more in the works, but I need to start with GOING BOVINE, which I read ages ‘n’ ages ago. I love Libba Bray. No really. I love this woman. Biggest crush ever. Not only is she a phenomenal writer, she’s also ridiculously charming and funny and adorable in person. [...]

First, I want to say I received submissions from everyone (except Nicole Beattie for POE–please send when ready!) who won the St. Martin’s “New Adult” contest. Thank you for responding and I will try and get a head start on them over the holidays. Second, I want to thank agent Kristin Nelson for her really [...]

I’ve been meaning to write this post for a long time, but I haven’t been able to get my head around it. (Not to mention I have been so swamped with work that I don’t have time to sleep, let alone blog.) I acknowledge that I am longwinded and prosaic on a good day and [...]