Debi Matlack's Blog

Lemme dust this place out. No one’s been in here in ages. You’d think I’ve been busy or something, oh yeah. I have. So, about a year ago , the Spousal Unit and I moved in with my parents. There are myriad reasons for this, but let’s just say that it’s been a Good Thing, […]

I could go on and on about all the is wrong with the world when poorly written garbage become part of popular culture, but Kristen Lamb does it way better. Read her blog post here.

Since I’m not using my writing blog for much these days, I decided to help promote other independent author’s works. First up, K.S. Thomas’ new novel. NOW AVAILABLE on Amazon.com Add it on Goodreads   I Call Him Brady   A New Contemporary Romance by K.S. Thomas     Born the only son to one […]

So, unless I’ve been prompted by my friends, well, by Juli, anyway, I haven’t added to my Pen Whore repertoire in quite some time. I still do write, I swear. Yes, there is a sequel to Old Dogs coming out. When? Soon….ish. Okay, whenever I get back to writing more regularly! Sheesh! The fact of [...]

So my very good friend and writing buddy Juli Page Morgan was nominated for  a Liebster Award and by virtue of my reading her blog, I’m nominated too! It’s a way to get some exposure for your blog and since I’m really bad about updating mine, I need all the help I can get. The Liebster [...]

So, my dear friend and writing buddy Juli Page Morgan tagged me in a blog hop, called the Next Big Thing. The idea is that each person tagged tags five of their friends and we all get to follow the links and discover all these cool writers out there. The procedure is simple, don’t be afraid. [...]

After getting positive comments from a few agents but no one willing to take me on (“…we like it but it’s not something that we’re looking for right now…”, “Our readers liked it, but it doesn’t fit our formula for a romance”…) I decided to self-publish through Amazon. It’s already available in a Kindle edition [...]

I was so excited a week or so ago. I was writing like there was no tomorrow, rattling out a few connected scenes for the next installment in Valerie and Daniel’s story. There’s lots more to be written, but it’s not easy like it was. Let me tell you, I was on fire, I was [...]

The Loom of Dreams I broider the world upon a loom, I broider with dreams my tapestry; Here in a little lonely room I am master of earth and sea, And the planets come to me. I broider my life into the frame, I broider my love, thread upon thread; The world goes by with [...]

So, in lieu of writing something in my multiple works-in-progress, I am instead updating my long-neglected writing blog with another one of Jill Ciment’s brilliant analogies about writing, before it slips my mind forever. Not dissimilar to the Jane Goodall approach to writing that I shared awhile back, it goes something like this. When we [...]