Susan Adrian

So baseball's over for the year. I know, there are a couple other teams still in the mix, but nobody I want to watch. Time to pack up ...

Randomness today: The Angels didn't do so well last night. Boo. I'm about to head out to the doctor to see if I have pneumonia......

I'm here! Just busy. Researching and scribbling away, and doing regular Life stuff. I am slowly working on the Nova interview questions,...

Let me tell you the story of a girl. She's 13. She lives in a small, isolated town where nothing happens, especially during the summer...

There's something that's been needling at me lately, and I think I need to let it out this way. Let's look at two writers. Let...

I love this little picture on my sidebar!! It's from Flickr Commons, of course, and from World War II. The caption says the cat's ...

It's Tiara Day!! Join in by Photoshopping a tiara on your avatar for the day. Or, you know, actually put one on your head for a while. :...

YA authors, pay careful attention! Here's Suzie's look at the most common subgenres of YA submissions, and what's still fresh/wh...

So...I'm at home. I've got the flu. Possibly even the porcine flu, but it doesn't matter much. I had a fever (which I don't ...

I watch America's Next Top Model. I've admitted it before. (I actually get an absurd number of hits from that one mention of ANTM ...

Three things to look forward to around here! Tomorrow (unless I get swamped) I'm going to do a post on why publishing fiction is just ...

So you may have noticed (if you're not reading this on Google Reader), that I changed things up here a little yesterday. I get bored pre...

I had a full-circle moment this morning. I was driving to work after dropping Child off at school, loaded up with 6 packages of cookies to b...

I've been in a bit of a funk the past few days. Don't know why, exactly--it happens occasionally. Doesn't usually last 3 DAYS, b...

If you need my brain, it will be here: Brains need vacations too.

Sorry, I had to take the SALVAGED teaser down. It's a work very much in progress, after all. Thanks so much for all your kind words, tho...

I think it's time for a little Friday love-fest. Today I'm sharing the love for: Movie: The Tale of Despereaux . I watched it with C...

I'm back at my desk for my first full day of work in a week! Between me being sick, our mini-trip, and Child being sick yesterday (she s...

I'll be away for a couple of days, so no posts here. In the meantime, enjoy a couple of blogs I recently stumbled across that you defini...

*Note: This is in a series of sock-knockers posts, trying to analyze why particular books stand out above the rest for me. Click on the labe...