April 2011

I asked whether there was a word for reading the bad reviews of a book you really liked, then sniggering at the reviewers, because they missed the point of the book.  I love doing that.  In fact, I’ll read a book just because it has idiotic bad reviews. Mo responded with the perfect word for […]

This has been a week of NO NEW FICTION WRITING.  I have been on the LEARNING CURVE instead, and it’s been painful. Not as painful as some have had to go through–the benefit of being only a post-semi-early adopter–but still. At any rate, I have two new stories up from Wonderland Press. One (Bunny Attack!)

Now at Smashwords.com and Barnes and Noble, and Amazon.com.   BUNNY ATTACK Nibbles Hungers for Revenge When Marina forgets to feed her vicious pet bunny, Nibbles turns into a terrible monster who eats everything in sight. How can Marina survive?  A scary story for seven and up. Marina once had an evil pet rabbit named

Now at Smashwords.com, Amazon.com, and Barnes and Noble for $2.99. Treachery.  Terrorism.  Chocolate. Captain Ian Halloran, a small-time interstellar chocolate smuggler, insulted research librarian Aoife Cavenaugh’s intelligence as well as her virtue when he tried to fondle her at his own wedding, to her beloved cousin. But that was years ago. Now her cousin’s ghost haunts Aoife,

  Treachery.  Terrorism.  Chocolate. Captain Ian Halloran, a small-time interstellar chocolate smuggler, insulted research librarian Aoife Cavenaugh’s intelligence as well as her virtue when he tried to fondle her at his own wedding, to her beloved cousin. But that was years ago. Now her cousin’s ghost haunts Aoife, trying to terrify her into finishing the

So yesterday I started a small press, Wonderland Press.  In the age of e-publishing, this is fairly easy to do, although my head is spinning with the worry that I’m forgetting something, or that what I do with it will be less than optimal. I keep finding reasons to get up and run off…like just

I’m planning on having four “seasons” per year for planning purposes: Spring Fever (February to April) Farmer’s Market (May to July) Harvest (August to October) Holiday Festival (November to January) Note:  These seasons are based on my eating habits.  My food cravings flip-flip in time with the sun. There will also be one short story

Here’s the plan:  I write the books, I publish the books, I sell the books. At this point, any other names in the Wonderland Press catalogue are me.  Why use pen names if I’m going to tell you that I’m using them?  Think of them as a heads-up.  If you buy DeAnna Knippling, you’re going

I have returned.  I’m not sure what else to say. Other than IT WAS SO @#$%^&* GREAT OH MY GOD GUYS YOU WOULDN’T BELIEVE IT!!!  SQUEEE!!11!!!11!! We wrote six proposals for six new novels.  And back-cover blurbs, elevator pitches, and taglines.  And query letters.  And bookstore marketing letters.  We learned the history of publishing (a