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…
Changing of the (Production) Guard… Read More »
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 »
and then, when it all seems lost… you just give up, give in, and start STETing the fuck out of everything.
State of the Author Dealing with Copyedit, in gifs 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 »
Last night’s reading, despite being at the awkward hour of dinner-o-clock on the first day of the convention, was reasonably well-attended, and by some people I didn’t know from Joe! That’s always nice. Then there was the panel on the use of the hard-boiled mystery element in urban fantasy, which…well, I suspect our moderator wanted
Saturday, I hauled myself out of town to take a meeting. Â If anything comes of that meeting, y’all will be the third to know. Â Then I came home and was a slug on the sofa. Â Sunday’s been Writers’ Cafe and more work on the cracktastic project, and now all the words I didn’t get written
Looking Back, Looking Forward, weekend edition. Read More »
This weekend, I am not at ECCC or at the Supernatural convention happening in town.  Mainly because I didn’t get my act together in time to deal with either.  So it goes.  The weekend seems to be filled with Stuff to Do, anyway.  Imagine that.  :-) Life is chaotic, and a little stressy, but good.  This diagram
Heading into the Weekend… Read More »
“The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.” -John Steinbeck with that quote in mind, let me remind everyone that: a) you can pre-order CLAWED! (and catch up on the first three L.A. Kornetsky mysteries!) Â b) you can pre-order SILVER ON THE ROAD! and make sure
The Obligatory Occasional My Accountant Makes Me, Post Read More »
Ooops. Â According to Clean Reader, “asshole” might not appear in the text. Writers – who choose our words carefully, use them deliberately – aren’t thrilled with this Bowdlerizing app. Â Readers shouldn’t be, either. It’s an attempt to take away freedom of expression, a power play by those who would control what we see/think/feel. No thanks.
Opinions are Like Assholes… Read More »
One of the bonuses of moving to the west coast is a bunch of new conventions become my “locals” – including Norwescon, the weekend of April 2nd-5th. So if you’re going to be there too, and find yourself shut out from all the GRRM-y GoH goodness by the crowds, here’s where I’ll be…. Â (all rooms
My Norwescon Panel Schedule for Approved Stalking Read More »