If a picture’s worth a thousand words, then here’s a blogpost about what I’ve been up to recently… (the research-corner of my office, currently given over to material for SILVER ON THE ROAD.  The brown paper on the wall hosts a rotating series of post-its and relevant-to-the-chapter information, while the […]
Snapshot of a Life… Read More »
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 »
Today is Valentine’s Day (a silly holiday but one I personally like, in small doses). If you’re so inclined, take 5 minutes out of your day to send a valentine to a writer you like, in the form of an online review (Amazon, B&N, Goodreads, etc – wherever you frequent). Hell, send two, or three,
The next two Sylvan Investigation titles are a go. Â I repeat, they are a go…. *does happy meerkat dance* Bless you all, the backer and the boosters. And, with 48 hours to go, we still have a chance of hitting the next stretch goal, where you get to see me delve into the sordid, sordid
Ladies, Gents, and Readers of all Identifications, WE HAVE FUNDED! Read More »
The Sylvan Investigations, that is. Â We’re in the final days and still a bit short of the goal… Literally, only a bit short. Â As in, under $700. Â With a little under three days to go… And yeah, I’ve finished fleshing out the outline, and have written the first scene. Â Because once I start thinking about
Three days left to get in on the Investigations! Read More »
For them curious about the new book deal announced on Friday, there are two stories already bought-and-paid-for in this universe, although they are not connected directly with most of the characters in the novels. First, there’s “Crossroads.”  You can find that here, via Fantasy Magazine (there’s also a podcast option there).  You can also pick it up in 2012’s
Addendum before the fact for The Devil’s West… Read More »
So, remember a while back I was talking about that thing that made me Very Happy, but I couldn’t talk about it? I can talk about it now. Â Laura Anne Gilman’s SILVER ON THE ROAD, launching The Devil’s West series, the story of a sixteen-year-old growing up in the Devil’s Territory, west of the newly-formed
Exhales, inhales, lets out the news… 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
The Occasional But Useful-to-You Shilling Post Read More »
Favorite, and very telling bit of dialogue from the rough-in of WORK OF HUNTERS… (yes, I’m drafting it even though we haven’t funded yet and I have no spare time, shut up, I LOVE this story, okay?) “The Cosa is all about discrimination, Ellen. Never think it’s not. You’re at the top of the pole right
You’re all busy folk I won’t take up much more of your time… Read More »
Two weeks ago, sitting in Mary Robinette Kowal’s “how to give a reading” seminar at Illogicon*, we discovered that I don’t hum. No, really. She asked us to do a voice exercise that involving humming up and down your range, to expand it, and I… couldn’t. It was such a strange, unfamiliar request, that the
Finding Your Voice (no, not that voice, the other voice) Read More »