I find this slightly worrying and at the same time deeply reassuring. (hint: James Patterson and John Irving both had their break-out novel at my age, and Janet Evanovich was older. None of them were on their first (or second) book.) Explore the careers of some of the world’s most successful authors. Click image […]
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This morning I dealt with a feline sugar crash (perfect timing cat, you couldn’t have done that while at the vet’s tomorrow?) and then delicately hammered out my daily dose of new words- Brassy child, he muttered, not first the first time since she’d issued that threat. His own fault for teaching her to tie
Fascinating, and rather depressing conversation happening on Twitter right now about the Great Mostly White Male “most anticipated fantasy books of 2015” lists dropping now. (the females seen on these lists? Robin Hobb and Kameron Hurley. Both potentially gender-neutral names, and Kameron says she specifically requested that they not put an author photo on the
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Things researched: buzzard vs vulture, the weight of a saddle, sleepwalking, bison maturity. Favorite bit written: She couldn’t promise any more, not faithfully. But as the words left her mouth, one of the buzzards lifted its head and swiveled its neck to look directly at her, and the cold sting in her palm faded. Whoops:  escarpment is not
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The #willwrite2feedothers story is live! If you like it, great, yay!  :-) If you don’t like it…. did you donate to #willwrite2feedothers? I’m sorry and I’ll try better next year. You didn’t contribute to #willwrite2feedothers? Enjoy your story earned by others.　:-P Meanwhile, due to the downsizing of my live/work space, there is no longer a do-board.
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And on New Year’s Day I woke up at 10 am…. (well, after getting to bed somewhere around 2am and waking up at 6am to feed and shoot the cats, so it really wasn’t THAT much sleep…) While part of me is sorry not to have been part of Party Central last night (I live
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I was raised a Jew: I measure things from sunset to sunset. Today is the last day of 2014, but tonight is the first night of 2015. 2014 was…mostly a year of waiting and planning. Â But it was also a year of waiting and planning toward a purpose: a new city, a new series, a
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Taken w/ an iPad mini camera, so a little fuzzy on the edges…. but yeah.  This was the view from my balcony this morning.  Does. Not. Suck. Meanwhile, there’s been major breakthrough on plotting of The Devil’s West #2, also a possible (working) title. And some days you look at your writing and think, “man,
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Got a new ereader? Got an old ereader? Time to load that sucker up… And my epic fantasy novella (with sea serpents! And wine!) “From Whence You Came” is 50% off! “A thoughtful examination of the consequences of magic; stands alone and away from its progenitor series well. Getting to see a legendary hero as
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First line (for now) of DEVIL’S WEST #2: “They’d left nothing alive.” We’re entering with a bang, as it were.