#wordbender

No, because this isn’t the first picture you’ve posted, and others have had decent lighting. :P You sir, are a cutie.

I’m well aware of that.

you look like a cutie that’s what you look like

It's finally finished. Last week, I wrapped up the final moments of my middle-grade novel Rodney and the Gonjii.

Now it is time for the next, vital step.

Feedback.

Every writer needs this. Other readers bring in different opinions and a fresh set of eyes. The best feedback comes from readers who aren't shy about telling you if there's something off.

Reach out to friends, family and colleagues, anyone you would trust with your baby. This I've done, and now I play the waiting game.

*twiddles thumbs*

Ho hum.

I guess I'll use the time to concentrate on another writing project.

word-bend-er:  Being someone who manipulates words in a pleasing pattern and fashion.

Admittedly, this favorite slogan of mine is not entirely original. The concept of 'bending' is a staple in the universe of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Certain characters possess the ability to manipulate, or 'bend', the different elements.

Words are my element. I spend my life studying them for a better understanding of how they flow together; how they interact; how they dance.

And day by day, I guide them over the pages with a little more grace, a little more confidence. There is more for me to learn -probably more than I can ever achieve- but I strive to the best of my abilities.

That is the path of a wordbender.

What you can expect from this blog:

Bloggy things. That's why I'm here, after all. ;)

I will discuss writing -it's intoxicating pull, unavoidable pitfalls, and the miracles of a good edit and revision. But who didn't anticipate that?

The subject of life and what's going on will likely come up. I've recently moved, I am beginning the plunge into the submit-and-query end of the writing business, and new stories are popping up as frequently as new blossoms on the fruit trees. (I suddenly find myself with a lot of fruit trees. I watch them, day by day, as the flowers slowly bloom, fall, and form as fruit. What an amazing process!)

Anything that catches my fancy. I like to talk about things -from movies, television and books, to why people employ the phrase 'needless to say...' when they obviously feel a great need to say whatever it is they so blithely dismissed an instant before- and a blog is the perfect rocket ship on which to place such musings and send them hurtling into the Space of Cyber for the rest of the world to see.

I hope to get comment capabilities installed, just as soon as I figure out how. ;)