by Alica McKenna Johnson | Jan 21, 2013 | Monday Musings
As an author you hear over and over You can’t critique your own work. And You can’t edit your own work. These are absolutely true, which is why I am thankful every day for my wondrous critique partners and editor. The other day I was thinking (I know—scary) and I...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Jan 16, 2013 | Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday
Creative brain still going, brain that controls motor function—no better than a drunken monkey. I get great ideas, all of which I write down because they are priceless, but my ability to do anything else doesn’t exist. My mind is done. The kids are in bed and I have...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Jan 9, 2013 | Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday
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...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Jan 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
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...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Dec 17, 2012 | Alica Mckenna Johnson
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...