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Since Sat­ur­day, I’ve been watch­ing Miss Snark’s Happy Hooker Crap-o-meter with the same rapt atten­tion my daugh­ters reserve for Amer­i­can Idol. The 200+ (and count­ing) hook sub­mis­sions have offered us a fas­ci­nat­ing glimpse into the process of pars­ing query let­ters. I’ve learned many things–presenting com­plex ideas in a clear form, iden­ti­fy­ing cru­cial story ele­ments, and …

List seven songs you are into right now. No mat­ter what the genre,whether or not they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoy­ing now. Post these instruc­tions in your live­jour­nal along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other peo­ple to see what they’re lis­ten­ing to. …

A friend emailed to ask about the graphic I’m using for my pro­file (the pretty blue can­dle­light one), so I thought I’d share some info. It’s a thumb­nail taken from a larger graphic cre­ated by the most tal­ented com­puter artist I’ve ever per­son­ally known—my brother, Daniel. I’m always amazed that he can make com­puter images …

As I wait for another round of responses for my two babies–ones with edi­tors, the oth­ers with agents–I’ve begun three dif­fer­ent nov­els, fid­dling around with the first chap­ters to see which voice sweeps me off my feet. So far, it’s the novel ver­sion of my repos­ses­sion story. I’m abound 10k words into it–it was a …

You are “Yakuza” (Japan­ese mafia) What Japan­ese Smi­ley Are You?

Your Christ­mas is Most Like: The Mup­pet Christ­mas Carol You tend to reflect on Christ­mas past, present, and future… And you also do a lit­tle singing. What Movie Is Your Christ­mas Most Like?

If you said, me copy-editing, you’re right. The bad news is, it took me twice as long as it would have to copy-edit PS due to my inabil­ity to stay awake while read­ing my own work. The good news is, I’ve got­ten lots of power naps, and the edit is done. Yippee. Time to send it out. …