Confessions of the Lies I’ve Told
Well, just one of the lies—I need to stretch them out so I can do other blog posts. So I was an evil child, not wild and crazy , but sneaky manipulative evil. When I was six and my little innocent sister was five we shared a room, and every night we had to clean our room before bed. Well one night I got the bright idea to offer my sister cookies the next morning if she cleaned the whole room. My sister, being younger and trusting, was very excited about the idea and began to clean. The next...
Curbing My Voyeuristic Tendencies
My name is Alica and I am a back story whore, there I said it! Wow it feels good to finally confess that. I love back story, all of my characters have rich full back stories and my critique partners carry dull, rusty, blood soaked knives with them when we get together in order to get rid of it. I have gotten better as we have grown into a strong trusted group, but sometimes I still dig my heels into and refuse to give up my little darlings. Which according to Kristen Lamb I need to recognize...
Dear Buddah I’d like a pony ….
I don't know what I want for Christmas. My hubby says I'm hard to shop for, and I've never thought so because don't I want everything? But apparently I don't because I'm not even sure what I want! At first hubby showed me a statue he was thinking of getting me, gifts over a certain amount we always check with each other unless we know they really want it. Anyway, it's a beautiful statue of Quan Yin, and I would love it- but *sighs* of course there is a but, I don't have a lot of room and my...
It’s Okay—You Can Stare at My Chest
I have an addiction to tee shirts, not just any tee shirts, but pop culture tee shirts, and not just any old pop culture tee shirts, but the unique, available for 24 hours only, pop culture tee shirts found on sites like teefury.com, yetee.com and shirt.woot.com. I have far more shirts than I want to count because then I might have to admit I have a problem, which I don’t. I have a collection which I have complete control over. The tee shirts do not control me!! I am not their bitch. I’m not ,...
Christmas Goodies or Bio-weapons?
I have been sick. Vile, plague like, please let me die sick. I even went to the doctor (which I never do) and got antibiotics. I can't remember how many years it's been since I've taken prescription medication for an illness. Anyway, point being, that's why I've been gone, and brings up a very important question about the holidays. You see I usually make lots of holiday goodies. I knit things, bake, and most importantly make caramels. In fact at this point I should have at least 4 batches of...
Picnicking with cats.
One fine summer day my sister (8) and I (9) were left alone because we were old enough to look after ourselves. We decided to go on a picnic. The suburb we lived in was a new development. Lovely Alaskan forest was bulldozed to make building space for our townhouse. This meant there was a lot of forest and bog (moss-covered ground that squishes like a wet sponge and is a good place for blueberries to grow) for us to explore. Brandy and I loved to go on picnics, but today we wanted something...
My Next Big Thing
Last month Marlene Dotterer tagged me and I got sick and forgot (bad Alica) then on Monday Bill Jones Jr. tagged me so here I am being interrogated um answering questions about my next big thing. What is the working title of your book? Legacy of The Feathered Serpent Where did the idea for the book come from? Well, this is the second in my Phoenix Child series and my heroine is now traveling the world to save magical beings. I decided to start in Argentina and Peru. What genre does your book...
Riding the Yo-Yo from Hell
What do you get when you mix a full moon, a moon time (i.e. my period), a cold, and the stress of the holidays? You get the emotional instability I like to call, The Yo-Yo Ride from Hell. I am doing my best to make sure the yo-yo comes back up. Which means eating well, getting enough sleep, and exercise. And when the yo-yo is up I remind myself to be inspired by people's successes and to not compare my journey to theirs. To breathe and take everything one step at a time. To try to find...
A Friday Funny
I hope this makes you smile- Happy Friday everyone!
Just me Begging
I have gotten such generous support for this on Facebook I thought I would post my begging here 🙂 As some of you know from following my blog I am houseparent at a group home for abused and neglected kids who have been removed from their homes by CPS. And the teens who live here have read ALL my YA books! One of them reads like I do and can read a book in a day, I can't keep up on my own. Please help me refill my book shelves! I am hoping for books for middle grade and young adult and for both...
