After much hair-pulling and coffee-drinking, Book 2 of The Devil’s West and I seem to be writing the same story again, just in time to bring things to a close…. Seriously, this would be SO much easier if the lizard brain would talk to the mammal brain during the FIRST pass of the draft, not […]
The light at the end of the tunnel is a chain-smoking dragon. Read More »
And also ’cause I just like looking at it: So now you REALLY want to pre-order it, right? Book 1:  SILVER ON THE ROAD – 6 October 2015 Available for pre-order now at the following fine book-shilling establishments…. Simon & Schuster / B&N / Kobo / Mysterious Galaxy / Powells / Indigo/Chapters / Indiebound /Book Depository / Amazon / iBooks / Books-A-Million / GooglePlay
for those who prefer the visual impact of a tearsheet… Read More »
(or any other time) Kristi Charish and I talk whiskey, wine, what never to do at a convention, and a new kind of Weird West on the Adventures in SF Publishing podcast
For your Monday morning listening pleasure…. (podcast interview) Read More »
Occasionally (often) I pause and wonder WTF I’m hoping to do with these books – these incredibly complicated yet seemingly simple books, with their short story voice and their long-form goals, their delicate language and blunt characterizations, and I kinda weep for any of it ever working. And then I write something like this, and
excuse me while I preen…. Read More »
I am not where I want to be with this second pass draft. Howsomever, I have gotten to and halfway through the point where, in first pass draft, I thought “I”ll figure that out/fix that later.” And lo it is later, and I have in fact figured it out. Fixed… well, that’s for 3rd pass
Midweek rollup and countdown Read More »
13 days until the second-pass draft of Book 2 of THE DEVIL’S WEST is supposed to be done. *looks at pile of notes, giggles slightly hysterically* If not today, then certainly by Saturday I will have hit peak performance panic mode. Fair warning for anyone in my actual vicinity Slide a pizza under the door
The State of the Meerkat Read More »
Original opening line of Book 2: “They’d left nothing alive.“ After an entire day of word-wrangling, the new opening line: “Isobel had been riding for three days, two to her destination and then a turnaround, when she found the bodies.” Yeah, that works. But dogdamn it, it took me HOURS and BRAIN BLOOD (and at
Reason #toodamnmany why writers drink… Read More »
On Monday I realized I’d written myself down the wrong path. Not far, maybe a thousands words or so, but I was coming off the high of an amazing scene, and I let the lizard brain jump to the next amazing thing and it wasn’t until several pages later that I thought – no. This
How it goes (how it rolls) Read More »
Novels/novellas: SILVER ON THE ROAD is copyeditor-bound. I hope to have ARCs soon, to maybe scatter among the deserving and talkative… (if you’re a blogger or otherwise loudmouthed in the industry and want one, email me!) WORK OF HUNTERS (Sylvan Investigations #3) is with the proofreader and from there into backer-edition production, huzzah! CLAWED (Gin
The State of Everything – A Working SitRep Read More »
My post on using American history in fantasy over at Charlie Stross’ blog seems to have evolved in comments into a “the technical aspects of how you’d write an alternate American history where the Indian tribes don’t lose” alternating with arguments over the definition of Celtic and related UKcentric socioarcheology, and the only-occasional hitting of my
Deeply amused and not at all surprised…. Read More »