Sent agent email with proposed title of new book (fka Devil’s West #2). Have not yet gotten panicked “oh god no that’s horrible no!” response. Next up: editor. Here, have some non-spoilery bits: The ‘post’ wasn’t a post at all, not like she’d been expecting. Instead, there was a collection of bones hung on the […]
Into the second pass of the draft, where I think “yeah okay, that doesn’t work any more, rip out entire pages, and rewrite everything to be stronger, faster, more likely to leave you going ‘oh my god she didn’t she did!’” Hopefully, anyway. —– “Stop that.†She looked up at Gabriel, blinking.  “What?†“You were
I spent much of the weekend making plans for the research trip for the current WiP (Book 2 of The Devil’s West.).  If nothing else, by the end of this series, I will know my country a hell of a lot better via boots-on-the-ground… (we’ll be driving from Washington State to Wyoming via Idaho and
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The CEM for SILVER ON THE ROAD has gone back to Mr. Monti​. That means…. it’s time to go back to Yet Untitled #2 for the second pass, wherein I take an ugly rough draft and turn it into something that doesn’t make me cringe. Prepare for weeping, swearing, hand-waving, and occasional impassioned headdesking…
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THUD. Pending my secondary research backup getting back to me with feedback on the Latin, and with the knowledge that I’ll need to go over it one more time to make sure certain capitalizations and usages are consistent throughout…. Copyedits for SILVER ON THE ROAD are deflagged and done. All 452 pages of ’em. My brain
There is no such thing as a painless copyedit, only ones where you don’t mind bleeding. Read More »
Huh. Yeah, that’s that, then. A little short and a lot messy, nothing anyone gets to see but me, but that’s Draft 0 of Devil’s West #2. ~Woo.~ [I’m actually really really excited about Draft 0, but right now I feel like I’ve been beaten with bamboo rods, so ‘woo’ is all I got] Now
that thudding noise you heard may well have been me. Read More »
Yesterday, Tor.Com did a reveal for the cover of SILVER ON THE ROAD. But I know some of you tend not to click through on things. So here. Let me SHOVE THEÂ AMAZING OH MY GOD SO BEAUTIFUL UNDER YOUR NOSE. This? Â Is never the cover I would have asked for. Â But it’s so incredibly
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Go forth and admire the full-size version, courtesy of the good folk at Tor.com! (and check out the series page here!)
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I’m over at Charlie Stross’ place today, guest-blogging about writing American history that isn’t my history…. or is it? Meanwhile, the topic of that blog, SILVER ON THE ROAD, is starting to propagate pre-order links, although there’s no cover or copy available yet. Shall we see how high we can push it before they even give
So this is happening… Read More »
First line (for now) of DEVIL’S WEST #2: “They’d left nothing alive.” We’re entering with a bang, as it were.