Top 10 Things to Do at a Writers' Conference
Within a couple of hours of this post going up, I’ll be driving up to Dallas to attend the DFW Writers’ Conference. Talk about a Deep-Fried Friday for me. I expect this weekend to be better than a plate of beer-battered…
Why Grammar Matters in Your Book
I’ve been called a Grammar Nazi, a grammar geek, a grammar freak, a grammar nut, the grammar police, and a stickler. What they say behind my back, I don’t know. I’m not that bad. I don’t critique tweets, personal emails,…
Kayak or Cruise Ship? How do you want to write?
Welcome to Deep-Fried Friday — when I plunge into whatever topic seems juicy and crunchy and ready for devouring. Today’s topic is about how you want to write. I never used to read the Acknowledgments section in a novel. Now that I…
I Know I Should Follow Your Blog But…
Welcome to Deep-Fried Friday, where my taste tends toward juicy and crispy thoughts. You’ll have to tell me whether today’s is more juicy or crispy to you. Last week, I wrote two days on my young adult novel. There are…
So Writer, What’s Your Day Job?
Instead of talking about books today, I’m talking about writers! Actually, about writers before they could pay the bills as writers. When people ask me what I do now, I respond that I am a writer. If they probe about…
Monday Musings: Happy without a Housekeeper
As I got crouched down and scrubbed the bottom of my toilet bowl, I thought about how a lot of people hate to clean stuff. We like having things clean . . . but cleaning them ourselves is altogether different.…
Wednesday Words: Sesquipedalianism
I love long, descriptive words that hint at their meaning. Serendipity is surprisingly delightful every time it rolls off my tongue. The word tentacles seems to reach and encircle me. Rambunctious has a pop in the middle of the word…
It Begins with a Hurricane
While 104 mile-per-hour winds rattled and ripped apart our roof and rain swirled and surged into our dining room, we slept soundlessly on the brass bed of a relative’s home. Hurricane Ike was assaulting the shores of Southeast Texas, and…
The Write Challenge
Tooling around on Twitter, I linked over to the Round of Words in 80 Days challenge through another writer. Aha! I thought. This is just what I need. After spending the last few weeks toting my car from one shop…
Julie Glover, Word Lover
I LOVE words! I don’t necessarily mean that I enjoy talking. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. But I love the sumptuousness of language. I relish words, lyrics, accents, sarcasm, idioms, proverbs, and all things language–even punctuation and grammar. Some…