Deb Courtney | January 5, 2009
Apropos of nothing: –”He’d been told the target was an ill-tempered dwarf of a woman, with a bad haircut and a worse disposition, but…” Respond using the comments feature. And don’t forget, our contest is still going on…read about it here. Have fun writing — I always do.
Deb Courtney | December 21, 2008
As the holidays loom menacingly above me, mocking me with all that I have not yet completed, I, Deb Courtney, am thinking about food. Yes, I understand that I ought to be thinking about getting things done, but I am unfortunately thinking about what I am going to cook. For dinner. Tonight. Food — the preparation [...]
Deb Courtney | December 14, 2008
Now that NaNo is over, we’ve all made it safely past Thanksgiving, and Christmas is right around the corner, I, Deb Courtney, want to give you one more thing to do. Why? Because I am a very giving person. Actually, I’m only going to give you information about the contest that I’ve mentioned now several times. [...]
Deb Courtney | December 8, 2008
As the year draws to a close, I, Deb Courtney, am contemplating the holidays, and life in general, and assessing how I’ve spent the past year, things done and left undone. At this time many people go through the same process. And frankly, for some of us, the holiday season lends a sense of [...]
Deb Courtney | November 30, 2008
It is the Sunday after Thanksgiving, and I, Deb Courtney, am contemplating gatherings — family gatherings, friendly gatherings, and public gatherings. All three are on my mind as I have experienced all three in the last week. I share some anecdotes here today in the interest of amusing you, and potentially sparking some creativity. The [...]
Deb Courtney | November 16, 2008
Cliche. About the worst thing I can hear about something I’ve written is that it’s a cliche, or somehow situationally cliched. As writers, we have a limited word set from which to choose, and our job is to compile those words in new and interesting ways, to relate new and interesting stories. You’d think it wouldn’t [...]
Deb Courtney | November 9, 2008
On a good day, I, Deb Courtney, can keep to The Ten Minute Rule. For those of you who are chronically on time, The Ten Minute Rule refers to how late one can be to just about anything and still feasibly insist that one is more or less on time, blaming the under-ten-minute lag on [...]
Deb Courtney | November 3, 2008
With regards to Halloween, adults seem to fall neatly into one of two categories — those who can’t wait to don costumes, and those who would never imagine wearing them. I’d hazard a guess that those of you who have known me, Deb Courtney, for longer than 5 minutes also know which of those categories [...]
