Author: Sarra Cannon

In a meeting with my new critique group, we had a discussion about genres. One author, who I’ll just call KA, is already substantially published. She has at least three books already slated to come out this year! I feel privileged just to be working with her and learning from her. Anyway, she writes category romance, mass market paperback. She wants to break into a single title suspense market, but once you are well established in one market, it is difficult to make the big switch to another. So, that got me thinking… where do I want to start? I…

I know I’m insane, but I can’t help it. I love American Idol. A new season starts tonight, and I am anxious to see how the new judge, Kara DioGuardi, works out. Having another woman on the panel is going to change the dynamic somewhat, which is something show desperately needs. I wouldn’t have minded if Randy Jackson was gone anyway. Last year, I think his only comments were, “It was aight dawg. It wasn’t my favorite, but it was aight.” and “Man, that was off the CHAIN!” I wanted to see at least a little bit more from him…

Time is a funny thing. Sometimes you can feel like you have tons of time, so you procrastinate and do the things that seem important today. However, next thing you know, time has fooled you and suddenly that thing you thought was far off is here, and you’re unprepared. Does this ever happen to you? It happens to me all the time. I put things off for later in the week thinking that I have plenty of time to get it done. Then, the weekend rolls around and I wonder where in the hell the time went. So why am…

Everytime something bad or disappointing happens in your life, do you take time to think about what went wrong? Or do you automatically blame it on someone or something else? Do you ever actually take personally responsibility? Or do you shield yourself by believing that nothing is your fault? Sometimes, we aren’t the ones to blame. If someone else caused a car accident and you got hurt, you have every right to blame them. However, the fact that you have to deal with your injuries and move forward is now your responsibility. Of course, it still feels good to look…

This morning I made breakfast in the blender. I took a recipe I got out of the week 1 Weight Watchers book and sort of modified it to taste better. Okay, so that basically means I added some calories, but if I’m going to drink it, it has to at least taste good. Here’s how I made them (and believe me, if you try these, you’ll be very glad you did!): 4 Strawberries1 bananaA cup of Fiber One Strawberry Yogurt (which has I think 5 g of Fiber)1/4 cup skim milkIce1 Tablespoon Sugar I took the stems off the strawberry…

Last night, I finished reading the book “Uglies” by Scott Westerfield. If you haven’t heard of it, the book is technically teen fiction. It’s about a future world where everyone gets an operation on their sixteenth birthday that makes them beautiful. Super-model beautiful. Sounds great, right? Well, it’s not that simple. I don’t want to give away the book, but let’s just say that there are some kids that don’t want to change into a beautiful copy. Some people think that it’s our differences that make us beautiful. From baby to age 12, you are called a “Littlie”. When you…