Saturday Writers

Read a review of Month 1 of the Holly Lisle’s online writing workshop, How to Think Sideways: Career Survival School for Writers.

Your mission should you choose to accept it

There is an author whose works I used to love, that was one of the first to really get me excited and willing to read ‘romance’ novels. Anyone who knows me knows who she is. If you don’t know me, you don’t care who she is. Or if you do, you care for the wrong [...]

Maybe knowledge is power, but it’s damned hard to think a burgler to death. – Glen McMullen, in defence of the Beretta under his pillow
In case you haven’t noticed, I like quotes.  I decided recently to open each of my blog posts with one.  You’re also probably wondering who the heck is Glen McMullen?  Well, [...]

     Today I could say two words that would be an instant conversation starter among a group of people no matter what their age.   The Bachelor.  What a putz.  The last night of this seasons show he chooses one of the two final women to be his bride then changes his mind.  After what seemed a [...]

     Just about everyone has heard of road rage, most have experienced or been at the receiving end of it. In these tough days of high stress and financial difficulties, it seems everybody is in a hurry to be somewhere and not always considerate of other drivers that may get in their way. Tempers collide when volatile traffic [...]

The newspaper industry is in bad shape.  They have made many mistakes, just like the banks and auto companies.  One of the biggest problems in the newspaper industry, however, is that they failed to take into consideration what the people buying newspapers wanted.  Therefore, people do not buy the newspaper.
But how does that affect the [...]