Place for the Stolen
Like that one guy said: Good writers borrow, great writers steal. Welcome to the place where all things have been lifted, looted, and otherwise pilfered…Remember, possession is 9/10s of the law.
Month: December 2008
New Year, new stuff to do
So Deb mentioned posting the new goals for the new year…. I’m not looking at my sidebar at the moment so please forgive me if it differs at all: 1. NANO January novel = rough draft (meaning I’ll write a really quick, useless novel… Continue Reading “New Year, new stuff to do”
Nervous energy. Tonight the CWCers will be giving me feedback on the 2nd draft of FJR. I admit to feeling a bit stressed because I so want it to be close to submitable. (I also hope they don’t read this before hand and adjust… Continue Reading “”
Reading Experiment=No Go
Well, so much for 10 books in a month. I have succeeded in reading only 3 1/2….which isn’t too bad when 1/2 is the 1200 pager Monte Cristo. I also made it through part of Garden Spells and Old Man and the Sea. Knew… Continue Reading “Reading Experiment=No Go”
Free at last from retail hell! For three wonderful days I don’t have to ask people if they want gift receipts, or gift cards, or a foot up their watoosie. Now I get to be on the buying side of things. And the first… Continue Reading “”
Initial issue with Count of Monte Cristo: caricatures instead of characters. Enter Edmond Dantes, handsome, charismatic, beloved by boss, parent, and fiancee. He is a good guy. As spelled out in capital letters by Dumas before page two of the book. Then the enemies… Continue Reading “”
Jenny Maloney
I write dark fiction that my mother hates. I also review mysteries for criminalelement.com. When not writing fiction/reviews, I'm creating plays at Springs Ensemble Theatre in Colorado Springs.
