Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. Way short edition of Fierce and Nerdy today, b/c it’s the end of August, and a ton of our bloggers are on vacation, recovering from vacation, moving, gearing up for the Fall, etc, etc. So bear with us, b/c we’ll be right as rain in [...]

Photo by Kalimba Bennett So as you may or may not have noticed, I haven’t been talking about the writing process much lately. Many of you might have thought this was because I got sick of navel-gazing. But c’mon, I’m a neurotic writer — which means that I will never, ever stop obsessively picking at [...]

So I’m on what should be the last week of my 2nd novel rough draft. I started the Tri-Weekly habit in January. And a little more than 3 months later, I am nearing the first finish line, so I should be estatic, right? Wrong. As you’ve probably discovered in your own lives by now, finishing [...]

So the tale so far for new readers: I wrote a book, named it A Molly Ringwald Ending, got an agent. My new agent thought the title, though awesome, might be a problem with the actress Molly Ringwald, the lawyer we consulted with confirmed that the name wasn’t fair-use in the title.  I sent Molly [...]

So if you’re new to Fierce and Nerdy, and haven’t been keeping up with the saga, which is trying to get my novel published, here’s the short version of the story so far: I wrote a novel and titled it A Molly Ringwald Ending. Then I got an agent, who wondered if the title was [...]

So I’ve some really good news and some potentially terrible news re: my novel, A Molly Ringwald Ending. First the potentially terrible news: As many of you know, I’m a particularly bang-up title-chooser, but I must say that of all the titles I’ve ever made up, I liked this one the best. It evokes exactly [...]

So for the first time in weeks, I actually went through with a Weekly Habit and both exercised and re-started work on my new novel yesterday. Walking for 30 minutes was both fun and invigorating and I’ve scheduled flossing into my morning routine — finally just admitting that I was too tired to attempt it [...]

Man, whatta week, whatta week. We had the biggest day on record so far, which means more and more people are finding their way to Fierce and Nerdy. We’ll make the world a fierce nerd yet. So, the big goal over the next two weeks is to get back to my first (publishable) novel, the [...]