RWA Recap

Posted by on Jul 31, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Home again, home again, jiggity jig–if one can jiggity while spending about as much time in airports between Reno and Orlando as one does in airplanes between Reno and Orlando. I did get to hang out with my dear friend Katherine Garbera before hopping the flight to Dallas, then lunch and dish in Dallas with my new friend Kwana Jackson (one of the founders of the ChickLit chapter of RWA. I...
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Ramblin’ Gal

Posted by on Jul 27, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Tahoe Originally uploaded by mimifl. This is the only picture of Lake Tahoe I managed to take with my own camera before the batteries died. I took postcard-worthy shots for everyone else, but I only have this one today. Lake Tahoe’s gorgeous (no surprise there). Majestic grandeur, crystal blue waters, yada yada. I think I expected more, though. The section we drove into (from the Cali...
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Off to Reno!

Posted by on Jul 26, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Today I flew to Reno, Nevada–Biggest Little City in the World–for the RWA National Conference. Some observations on interstate travel: Time changes are a bitch. Here I’m thinking that Reno’s in Mountain Time (it’s in the mountains, right?), when all along it’s on PST. Totally screwed up the internal “feed me, Seymour” mechanism. The sleep...
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Crash Testing…

Posted by on Jul 23, 2005 in dish | 1 comment Too funny. Check out this Bound and Gagged comic from Dana Summers:That’s my story!!
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Jul 22, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Some royalty for today! Enjoy!BED LIST: CLIVE OWENLast seen as King Arthur in the, well, bad movie of the same name, Clive Owen is believable as the Once and Future King despite all the bad dialogue and Kiera Knightly in woad. He’s one of the names being bandied about for James Bond (I can see it). British, so gotta love the accent. Rugged, heroic, British–what’s not to...
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Revision Letter Blues

Posted by on Jul 19, 2005 in dish | 2 comments Got a revision letter on Crash Test today from an editor friend (who I would dearly love to become my editor editor). It’s not bad. Not great, but not bad. Short version: Love the last 150 pages. First 200 slow. Fix ’em.Aurrrgh!! (or whatever combination of letters properly conveys both happiness and outright vexation)Hey, it’s better than a “Thanks, but this sucks,...
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