Which is harder than it seems/should be. Â What do you leave in? Â What do you take out? Â How many versions do you have? Â (some places have a 100 words requirement, others 250, some 500…) What do you want to see in a bio? Â How far out do you want to know about upcoming books/how old […]
working on a new bio…. Read More »
“Perhaps indeed I was, and perhaps I wasn’t and what’s dead to the wind and bones?†He spoke lightly, but there was a deepness to it that Izzy felt, the way she thought she’d feel loneliness or sorrow, an ache that stretched from her mouth to her ribs, a twisting line of darkness, hard and
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March did not exactly start off with a bang – Saturday was reasonably busy, but then I got nailed with serious insomnia Sunday morning (not a thing I am normally prone to, thankfully) and the rest of the day my brain felt much like wet taffy. I can no longer function on 4 hours of
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Look what came today! Â (shown with the US edition, for comparison). Â The Japanese translation of COLLARED (translated by Momoko Wani)! I really love the cover – the expression on the cat’s face is SO Mistress Penny-Drops, and the gentle touches on the shar-pei say “Georgie” to me so beautifully….
Another #Team Kornetsky country is heard from…. Read More »
FIXED was mentioned in Publishers Weekly’s “Beyond Her Book” blog! “I sure like the opportunity to read mysteries that aren’t all shoot-’em-up or violent, so the calm and cerebral investigations L.A Kornetsky offers are refreshing. To my way of thinking, it’s a plus that Ginny’s dog and Tonica’s companion cat are quietly driving forces in
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For newcomers: the wordwar room is an online co-writing session, wherein convivial peer pressure (in 30 and 60 minute ‘wars’) makes the words happen.  Also the griping, whinging, and idea-testing.  The room runs 24/7, with members across the globe. Any serious-about-it writer is welcome to join us. ——————- Ideas are easy. Execution is where you
Weekend Wisdom (?) from the Wordwar Room…. Read More »
Cat of Size went in to the vet yesterday, to have his blood glucose levels checked (and a few other things while he was on the lift). Â Huh. I’ve already paid more in vet bills this year than I did in human and feline medical bills in 2013. S’pose I should shill the books some
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Yesterday I spent mostly putting out various fires. Today, I’m gathering kindling. No doubt, by Monday, I’ll be putting out fires again. Somewhere in there I suppose is also carry water… Today is Team Kornetsky, working on the revisions to Gin & Tonic #3, which will NOT be called DOGHOUSE. Unless it is. It’s the
from mb_galleycat at Most Authors Make Less Than $1,000 a Year: DBW “The majority of authors make less than $1,000 a year, according to a new report from Digital Book World. Almost 80% of self-published authors and more than half of traditionally published authors earn less than $1,000 a year, according to the report. A little more than 40
In which practical meerkat has a few words about money, writing, and freelancing Read More »
Illogicon! In lovely Raleigh/Durham, NC. Â Where I will be doing a few panels and shilling a few books and possibly reading a few words…. Arisia! In lovely but probably still-very-cold Boston! Where I will be doing a few panels (very few, this year) and shilling a few books, and definitely reading some words… If you’re
Convention Sighting Update: January Read More »