Laura Anne, Author at Laura Anne Gilman

Boosting the signal, and commentary: C.E. Murphy’s “a momentary reality check”

May 22, 2013 / By Laura Anne / freelance, the publishing business, the writing life

Preface: Â I am normally of the “it’s none of your business how much I earn, any more than how much you earn is any of my business” mindset. Â But… maybe this will help people understand. Â Or not. Â I don’t know. ———————— mizkitÂ posted about writerly income atÂ a momentary reality checkÂ and I’m reposting here because, well, WHAT […]

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State of the Meerkat, Saturday Edition

May 18, 2013 / By Laura Anne / dispatches from NYC, Latest News, state of the meerkat

The contract for Gin & Tonic #3-#4 arrived in my inbox, and has been gone over. I will say that reading the marked-up pdf on my iPad mini was more enjoyable than trying to wrangle the legal-size paper Simon & Schuster still uses. Â Anyway, it reminded me that #3 is due in SEPTEMBER, not October

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My Other Office(s)

May 17, 2013 / By Laura Anne / dispatches from NYC, the freelance life, the writing life

Most days, I work out of my home office. It’s a nice space – lots of natural light, a comfy chair, easy access to good coffee, hot and cold sleeping kittens. And I don’t have to wear shoes. But when you work at home, alone, you can go a little batshit after a while, looking

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On “casting” while you write. Or not.

May 13, 2013 / By Laura Anne / on writing, the writing life

When I first started out in this biz, I heard a lot of writers talking about “casting” their books, and researching for visuals (typically actors, but not always) as part of their research prep. And this struck me as strange (then again, I don’t create playlists for projects, either. Â So I may be an outlier.)

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The State of the Meerkat, Saturday Morning edition.

May 11, 2013 / By Laura Anne / dispatches from NYC, the editing life, the freelance life, the writing life

Writing: “Being in the devilâ€™s debt was a damned uncomfortable thing.” It is entirely possible that I haven’t loved a book this much since writing STAYING DEAD. (my feelings for THE VINEART WAR were more akin to your first Bad News relationship, where you know you gotta even though everyone’s shaking their heads sadly at

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Bond, James Bond. All the Bond. (no, really, this is work-related!)

May 5, 2013 / By Laura Anne / on writing

So, this is very cool, simply for what it is. Â But it’s also neat to look at the difference in stance-choices, and what they say about each interpretation of the same character, both from a timeframe perspective, and the actor himself. Personally, the only one I ‘believe’ is shooting, rather than posing, is Craig. Â His

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If you cut me, do I not bleed (red ink)?

April 29, 2013 / By Laura Anne / on writing, the writing life

And lo, the copyedit of SOUL OF FIRE is done, and all the flags have been deflagged, the queries answered, and the irritations bit down and buried – because the CE will not see your responses, so although snarking in return may feel good, it’s also pointless. Â Bite ’em down and move on. Or, y’know,

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A Freelancer Looks At The Weekend….

April 26, 2013 / By Laura Anne / dispatches from NYC, the (alleged) real world, the freelance life

Things I need to do between now and Monday…. 1. get bike tuned up and wheel repaired (yeah, I haven’t gotten that done yet) 2. start the copyedit for SOUL OF FIRE (due Wednesday) 3. polish up the next segment of an ongoing freelance project (due Tuesday) 4. edit two stories for Buzzy Magazine

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Don’t Know, Can’t Care

April 23, 2013 / By Laura Anne / on writing, the writing life

Yesterday, someone asked me what the on-spec manuscript I’ve been working on, was. My answer: a story. No, they said, what kind of story? With words, and characters, and Stuff Happening and their world changing, even if The World doesn’t change for them. But what genre? they insisted. Is it fantasy? SF? YA? Mainstream? Is

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Team Kornetsky Update: the cover for FIXED is here!

April 18, 2013 / By Laura Anne / Books, gin&tonic, Latest News

Since Amazon got the jump on me, without too much further ado, the cover for FIXED, the second Gin & Tonic mystery…. When someone from the local animal shelter approaches her about finding Â grant funds that have gone missing, Ginny Mallard convinces her bartender friend Teddy Tonica to help her investigate once again. They soon

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