Ever wonder what a writer looks like at the end of a book* deadline? No makeup. No shower. Nowhere near enough sleep. All those things..tomorrow. For now, enough to say “done” and tomorrow let it be m’editor’s headache joy for a while. (*technically it was TWO books, but let’s just say a little under 200,000 words, a […]
If ever I had vanity, I’ve traded it for coffee and an extra hour of sleep… Read More »
Both SILVER ON THE ROAD and Gin & Tonic #4 go to their respective editors this week. Yes, I had two book deadlines the same month. No, that wasn’t ideal. Yes, I’m pretty much worn to a frazzle right now and because of that convinced that both are utter dreck and if I only had
Monday oh Monday hoist your colors and let me see…. Read More »
After nearly one year, four passes, two false endings, and some brave work by a small army of beta readers, and at a weirdly lean 114,000 words, SILVER ON THE ROAD is off to Twinling and Agent for their not-quite-so-exhausted take. Yay? *decides that yes, yay* So that’s one deadline down, two to go. Â Since
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Midway through the fourth pass, and something that’s been in there since first draft caught me by surprise with “oh, that’s how this will be relevant later.” Book, c’mon, you’re KILLING me. I also yanked an entire scene out, and figure I can maybe use the character introduced there somewhere else, in a later book, maybe with
Just when you think you know someone…. Read More »
After spending a year creating a new world and new characters for SILVER ON THE ROAD, returning to Sylvan investigations, and the world of the Cosa Nostradamus is kind of… interesting, in a shake-up-the-brain way. Because none of you have met Isobel, Matthew or Farron yet. None of you have encountered the boss, or Calls
part two of the research road trip report is up, over at Book View Cafe, with a bonus research question for y’all to respond to! Remember: blog views are love. Views and comments are love with a side of chocolate. :-) The rocks are frogs.The trees are watching. The air’s kinda thin up here. But I’m
More trip report, and some whimsy! Read More »
Over at Book View Cafe, I talk about travel and research, in “There and Back Again, or “Why are you here?”
Linking you Elsewhere… Read More »
This morning I kicked my houseguest to the curb (okay, I put her in a cab) and returned to the usual schedule of All Book All Day. Second pass on this book is…different. I’m not changing actual scenes, but instead adding or subtracting lines to support other elements elsewhere in the book, and/or changing details
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Some of them possibly even coherent. As a prelude to the release of DEAD MAN’S HAND, John Joseph Adams interviewed several of the contributors about their stories, their influences, and why they wrote what they did…. mine’s here, if you’re interested.
In which the author has a few words… Read More »
To you, anyway. Â To me it’s marked in blood, coffee rings, and inky fingers. Gin & Tonic #4 is a Draft, as of Tuesday. It’s an ugly, messy draft, but it has a beginning, a middle, an ending, and a through-line, so there’s that, and I still have a few weeks to polish it to
The Progress Invisible… Read More »