The Renegade Writer Blog

My younger brother will be leaving for Iraq soon. Since his Marine battalion will be there over the winter, they’ll be needing LOTS of scarves.
If you’re a knitter or crocheter and would like to make a scarf (or scarves!), please e-mail me at diana [at] ninetofive [dot] com and I’ll give you the specs and […]

Last week, an editor contacted me about writing a 300-word short based on a pitch I had sent to the magazine months earlier. The catch: The short was due in about a week. I told the editor I couldn’t meet that deadline because I had three other articles due on that day, and the editor […]