Category Archives: beast

Good-night, Little Bear

Posted on May 10, 2012 by SharonJoss

Maurice Sendak died this week.  Everyone remembers him for the books he wrote, Where the Wild Things Are, and The Night Kitchen, but I never read those books.   I grew up reading the books he illustrated; namely the Little Bearbooks, … Continue reading →

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Living the Dream(land)

Posted on March 10, 2012 by SharonJoss

I’m in the middle of my first round of major revisions for GLAMOUR, and I find myself living in my character’s head(s): inhabiting their houses, going to their bars, dining on their, um prey.  Only in my dreams, of course, … Continue reading →

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The Time Has Come

Posted on January 4, 2012 by SharonJoss

The time has come, to quote the walrus in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass.  In this case, I’m making the final approach to the end of the first draft of GLAMOUR.  I’ve got another eight scenes or so to … Continue reading →

Posted in beast, denoumont, fantasy, showdown, story endings, urban, urban fantasy, villains, walrus, who dies, who lives | Leave a comment

2011: The List and the Lesson

Posted on December 28, 2011 by SharonJoss

For the last several years, I’ve made a goal for myself with regards to reading.  After Stephen King wrote in his wonderful book On Writing about how many books he reads per year, I’ve thought that having a reading goal … Continue reading →

Posted in beast, Faith Hunter, good writing, mutant, Naomi Novik, novels, Pandora Swift, sewer, Temeraire, urban fantasy, writers conferences | Leave a comment

Slogging the Blog: Sharon Joss Writes is six months old!

Posted on July 1, 2011 by SharonJoss

Happy Birthday, Baby (sort of)! This week, my baby blog turns six months old, and I thought I’d share the statistics I’ve gathered and lessons I’ve learned so far.  I use two methods for tracking my blog statistics: Blogger Stats (which … Continue reading →

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