I Touched Water, and It Was Wonderful (Also Wet)
I will confess that this post was mainly an engine to share a picture of water. I did not take this one—credit goes to http://www.goodfreephotos.com, but depending on which lake is in this photo, I…
Mary DeSantis
Fiction Editor/Story Whisperer. You +Me+Your Manuscript = A Team, and team's stick together. Visit me at kitnkabookle.com, and let's get whispering...
A (Or Three) Cinderella Stories
Show of hands: Who else remembers when the 1997 Cinderella starring Brandy came out? *Glances around* ✋ Right, moving on. I did, indeed, see Brandy’s Cinderella when it came out and enjoyed it in the…
How to Train Your Reader
This post actually comes courtesy of an experience I had over the weekend that did not involve readers at all. Rather, it involved me interacting with a complete stranger in a way that felt very…
I Figured Out How Time-Travel Works
Sadly, no flux capacitors or DeLorean are involved. Rather, I experienced some time-travel watching a movie this weekend. Title is Aunt Mary, and it starred Jean Stapleton of All in the Family fame as an…
The End and the Beginning
And so, I am reborn. Okay, not literally, but this week definitely feels like my life has shifted. When I pitched my Role-Playing Games for Professional Development webinar to the Editorial Freelancers Association back in…
Consistency Is Key (Or at Least Nice to Have)
**SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for Toy Story 4 (which I’m sure many people have seen by now, but I wanted to give the warning anyway). 🟪 🟪 🟪 I saw the Toy Story…
My Build-A-Character Moment
You know what’s amazing about working in a field you love that happens to collide with your hobbies? That moment where you’re doing a hobby thing and suddenly realize a whole new approach to something…
On Feeling the Constant Need to Get Somewhere
“But you are somewhere.” Yes, I know. Specifically, I’m in my writing/editing cave, typing this blog post—well, actually, since you’re reading it, I’m done typing it— And here I go, getting nowhere again. I’ve always…
My Missing Pieces Slid Into Place
So, we all know life gets in the way sometimes. But sometimes it’s important to note that what’s really behind that is us getting in our own way. As I mentioned in my last post…
Sharing a Song (And Linking it to Writing)
I’m doing things a bit differently today because life is busy, and my brain is just focused elsewhere. In a couple of weeks, I’m presenting at the Editorial Freelancers Association EFACON with a session on…