Z is for Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist is the spirit of the times – the general cultural, intellectual, ethical, spiritual, and/or political climate within a nation or e...

Y is for Youth...

I loved Sesame Street when I was a little kid. Here's one of my favorite episodes. Trust me, it aired waaaaay before Pulp Fiction came o...

X is for x-ing things out

As in deleting whole scenes, cutting characters, and losing those darlings. WEIRDNESS just in. Just as I was about to post this, I heard ...

W is for Writer

W is for Writer... I've worked many jobs throughout my life: a salesgirl, a babysitter, a telemarketer, a waitress, a banquet waitress, ...

V is for...

V is for Verant, which is my last name and which I love. Only thing wrong? When combined with my first initial, S, the anagram comes out as ...

T is for Tradition and U is for Uh-oh and Upgrades

T echnically this is supposed to be the "u" post, but I didn't have internet service until yesterday because we were upgrading...

S is Scrapping and Saving

S is for Scrapping and Saving... Remember how I posted the opening words to my YA the other day? Yeah, I'm scrapping it. I may go back...

R is for RUGBY

This is not a joke. The Rugby team in Paris actually wears PINK uniforms with FLOWERS on them. Pink socks too. Sure, the French have always...

Q is for Quitters...

... as in don't be one. Q uitters never fulfill their dreams. Whatever Q uest you are on, never give up or you'll find yourself in ...

P is for Parents, Parenting, Payback and Plotting...

P is for Parents, Parenting, Payback and Plotting... But not plotting against your parents because that would be so very Menendez and very,...

O is for Oh. My. Gods. and Opening Lines

Hey all, I hope everybody had a fantabulous weekend. Today I thought I'd share the opening lines to my YA, FLAWED, where a girl dies, ...

N is for....No

Ahh, the power of the word "no." Despite all the no(s) we hear along the way, every aspiring author needs to remember it only take...

M is for Monkey...

So handsome he could have been a super model .... M is for Monkey... Monkey was the nickname I gave to my dog, Ike. He would have been...

L is for Learning a Language

Now I took French in high school (four years) and in college (two years), but – after a twenty year hiatus – one thing I'm definitely no...

K is for King of the Mutants

K is for K ing of the Mutants, my middle grade novel. Truly stumped, a few friends of mine who have read the opening chapters of King of the...

J is for Jessica...

J is for Jessica , my beautiful seester.... When she was born, she was pretty dependent on me. I used to have to pull her around. Dress her....

I is for Illumination

Illumination: the moment some magic switch is flicked on in your subconscious. You may want to try your hand at something new like painting...

H is for Hooray!

"I cannot go to school today," Said little Peggy Ann McKay. "I have the measles and the mumps, A gash, a rash and purple bump...

G is for Good Golly, Miss Molly!!!

Where did you get those eye...lashes? Molly is my sister's Tibetan Terrier. And she has eyelashes any drag queen or GLAMOR GIRL (a...

F is for Friendship in France

Moving to a new country can be a daunting experience. There are language barriers, cultural clashes, bureaucratic red tape, and general misc...

E is for edits...

E dits! So, writer friends, how open are you to changes? Do you have a tough time killing your darlings? Cutting characters? Are you open ...

D is for Dutch and Seeing Double

On my way flight back to France I flew KLM and had to transfer (a three hour layover, ugh) in Amsterdam. Oddly, or maybe not, EVERY time thi...

C is for Chinatown and...

Yesterday after Brunch we blasted through China Town, picking up some souvenirs for the kids. I mean everybody needs a statue of liberty key...

B is for Best Friend and Bonding

B is for Besties Yeah, so I'm totally trying to do this blog post quickly because my very BFF in the whole entire world (also a "c...

A is for Agent...

I'm taking part in the A-Z Blogging Challenge , which means I'll try to blog everyday in April, and which also means my posts will ...