So yesterday I set up my to-do list, and I settle in with my cup of coffee #1, and I lift the lid of the trusty workhorse laptop (whose name is Archie to Nero-the-cranky-desktop), and… The screen displayed not the usual “okay boss, hopping to it!” energy, but the unending beachball of doom-about-to-fall. And sure […]
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Yesterday, despite a bad start, was crazy-productive. Which meant I fell over with no brain by 7pm, but that was okay. Now, if I can just repeat that crazy-productive stance for four more days, everything will be copacetic. I will also be dead, but hey, can’t have everything, right? So. The state of the to-dos…
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As many of you know, last year I set myself the insane challenge of writing an advice column for writers, basically all the shit I learned the hard way, once a week for the entire year. We called it “Practical Meerkat’s 52 Bits of Useful Advice for New (and Old) Writers,” and it ran on
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The following occurred over a 9 hour span via @LAGilman Errands run, coffee ingested, back to the WarRoom I go… #cantsleepdeadlineswilleatme #amwriting …and I just realized there’s a short story in the PSI universe that wants to be told, covering off-page adventures during #4. hrmmmm. I will say this: @matrice has the gift
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Okay, Glenn Miller didn’t actually write Chattanooga Choo Choo, Mack Gordon did. But how many of you would have recognized his name? (How many of you recognized Glenn Miller’s name? Ok, don’t tell me, I’ll only get depressed). But this morning I am indeed bound for Chattanooga, and Chattacon, where I – along with the
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So there I was, working hard on Iteration 2.1 of the mystery project, when I get an email from Madame EditrixB* saying “hi! Would it be possible to get the first 2 chapters (or 20-25 pages if they’re short) today or tomorrow morning?” because they want to send excerpts to the sales force for Fall
And the old year rolled down its sleeves and bid a last farewell, the year we’d shaped between us, now still. With gifts and thanks we sent him off, but did not shut the door. One breath exhaled, and one indrawn, scarce time to share a kiss to wish for a better year to
so… I’ve been wondering what to do with the “what happened to Mahault after the events of The Vineart War” realization I had…. Should it be a new Kickstarter bonus for “From Whence You Came”? Should it be saved for some future time? And then I thought – nah. So. If we make it to,
I’m crazy, it’s true, but I’m crazy in that way that you like…. Read More »
Working where you live means – on occasion – you need to change up your routine to keep from going stale. Most days, I can be found in my home office. I love my office space. It has gets natural light morning and afternoon, and the windows look out over trees and sidewalks, so I
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Yesterday I reached Draft 0 status for “From Whence You Came,” coming in at just under 30,000 words. I’ve put it aside to think about what it’s done for a week or so, then I’ll go back and revise (rewrite) it, while Bob Eggleton works his magic on the cover art. (I cannot WAIT to
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