from the new draft of Phase: “Sophie…you okay?” I nodded out of habit rather than conviction. “Right as rain.” Ezra grinned at my very archaic saying. “I really never know what’s going to come out of your mouth.” I smiled, even as I felt my face warm with embarrassment. “I didn’t know you even thought about … Continue reading
I finished my hand editing of Phase last night. 24 hours before my deadline (my own and enforced by my friend, Haley). The final sixty pages or so was a lot of cutting out scenes, moments because in the process of editing, a lot of things have changed. A lot. And I’m okay with that. I’m choosing … Continue reading
Reading the play isn’t like seeing it, and I got to see it once, in 2003 on Broadway with Paul Newman playing Stage Manager. And it was one of the more magical theatre experiences of my life. I’d somehow gotten a theatre major without ever reading Our Town, and hadn’t still until today. It loses … Continue reading
An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina – (reread) 4 stars Little Bee by Chris Cleve – 3 stars Holidays with Jane by Various Authors – 3 stars Wintersong by S. Jae Jones – 3 stars Beastly Bones by William Ritter – 4 stars The Best of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle – 4 stars … Continue reading
I’m doing quite a bit of thinking what to do with my Phase Trilogy (because it is a trilogy, the third one is trucking along. slowly trucking, but trucking). The rights are mine which means I can do pretty much whatever I want with Phase and Shift. They could sit in my computer till doomsday if I wanted. But I … Continue reading
Due to the publisher moving on from YA titles, both PHASE and SHIFT are being retired which means if you still want copies, better hit up Barnes & Noble and Amazon before it’s gone. What this means for the third book and/or purchasing the first two after that, I’m not sure. Please stay tuned when … Continue reading
