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First Draft Idea…Out the Window!
“Perhaps you should forget about ____ all together?” -Bestie says cautiously over the phone to which I responded: And I sat there, as she...
Des Marie
Nov 11, 20137 min read


Writing, Critique Groups, Playing Publisher’s Game
Writing, Critique Groups and Playing the Publisher’s Game, Oh My! Last night was my second time attending a SCBWI (Society of Children...
Des Marie
Nov 5, 20134 min read


Writing: Characters Write Themselves
You’re the writer but most times it seems, them characters are the ones running the show: Happy Saturday world! Hope it’s been a good one...
Des Marie
Oct 19, 20132 min read


Writing, Reading & Hey, I Missed You Guys!
Cute bookend from my job (bookstore) I MISSED YOU BOOKISH FOLKS! I attempted starting this blog an hour ago before I had coffee in my...
Des Marie
Oct 9, 20136 min read


Want Your Life to Be a Book? Unrealistic Hiccups
Of course you do! You’re a reader aren’t ya? Happy Monday folks! This was not the planned topic for today but I randomly got to thinking...
Des Marie
Sep 30, 20134 min read


My Characters Have Met: Performance Anxiety
Hello Lovely People! Well I’m still on the mission to get a new laptop. I was told by a loved one to hold on selling Cadence (my...
Des Marie
Sep 3, 20134 min read


Wanna Write a Book? Hard Time Starting?
Someone last night sent me a comment. It was about midnight. After I pulled my hair out about my computer issues, I decided to spend the...
Des Marie
Aug 30, 20134 min read


Why the Stalling? It Makes Sense Now
today will feature two blogs: This one from yesterday and another later inspired by a comment someone left me last night 🙂 Happy...
Des Marie
Aug 30, 20135 min read


The Writing Stride, the Run, the Screeching Halt
UGH! It’s here! It’s rearing it nasty fat head around the corner of my slightly cracked opened door and it Doesnt.Want.To.Leave! So...
Des Marie
Aug 16, 20134 min read
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