Round Robin Blogging: Oh, I went to college…

I guess my last post is a bit cynical, so here’s a post ensuring you that I’m a lovely person, really. Mostly.

Katie Rocketship Daroff is a friend and former undergraduate classmate of mine. We both “grew up” as writers together, I guess you could say, during our four years at Whitworth University. Her blog is dedicated to hilarity, life lessons and super hero advice (that pretty much sums it up, eh Katie?) She suggested I participate in a “traveling” blog, or round robin blog, with her, started by a former professor. I’m honored she asked, because that means she actually considers my blog worth a look. Katie describes this kind of blogging on her personal blog – which can be found here http://hotstrongandsteamed.wordpress.com/ – as “an internet tour, flying from blog to blog, introducing each blog’s readers to their friends as well as giving each blogger the opportunity to answer a few questions that you might not know the answers to”. I’ve listed a second blog you need to check out at the bottom of this post. Lauren, another undergraduate classmate and close friend, runs a blog detailing ways to make home, anywhere you are. Her blog is fantastic for easy meals, fun styles and delicious adult drinks!

1) What are you working on?

My personal work centers on defeating the Filth and killing various undead monstrosities – currently vampires. Yes, it’s true: I’ve had free time to actually work on my book or write in my personal blogs and instead I’ve been playing The Secret World. You can check out my character, Daedriel Vonnegut, below (before I got my rocket launcher! don’t ask why I took a pic with my phone instead of screen shotting that awesomeness – did I mention how much wine I can get for cheap at Trader Joe’s?).

My career has been quite the focus of the past year and eight months. And while a part of me would like to talk about how I’ve been published over 30 times in the past year, I still don’t feel like it’s real or like I deserved it, so I’ll just wait…one day…

2) How does your work differ from others in the genre?

This blog? Oh, let me count the ways (but forget bullet points right now). I’m done with wedding blogs being about all this frilly verbiage. I wanted someone to give me numbers, tell me how much I should be spending and let me know I’m not the only one who has to deal with vendors trying to rip my soul out through my stomach. Since such a blog did not really exist (in my style) I took on the lonely, hyperactive task. My other blog is about velociraptors. (I need that on a t-shirt.)

3) Why do you write what you do?

Brides get screwed over all the time. Don’t get screwed over guys. And look up that video of people getting married in a shark tank because wow.

4) How does your writing process work?

First, something awful happens with a vendor. Then, I come online to try and coherently explain the crisis and how I (and by “I”, I mean my maid of honor) handled said crisis.

I’m glad that I can blame the amount of stress and confusion I’ve been weighted by on my wedding planning. Because life?

Thanks Katie for suggesting this, so that I could brag about knowing you and Lauren.

Lauren can be found writing HERE: http://howtomakehome.blogspot.com/