And lo, the copyedit of SOUL OF FIRE is done, and all the flags have been deflagged, the queries answered, and the irritations bit down and buried – because the CE will not see your responses, so although snarking in return may feel good, it’s also pointless. Â Bite ’em down and move on. Or, y’know, […]
If you cut me, do I not bleed (red ink)? Read More »
Things I need to do between now and Monday…. 1. get bike tuned up and wheel repaired (yeah, I haven’t gotten that done yet) 2. start the copyedit for SOUL OF FIRE (due Wednesday) 3. polish up the next segment of an ongoing freelance project (due Tuesday) 4. edit two stories for Buzzy Magazine
A Freelancer Looks At The Weekend…. Read More »
Yesterday, someone asked me what the on-spec manuscript I’ve been working on, was. My answer: a story. No, they said, what kind of story? With words, and characters, and Stuff Happening and their world changing, even if The World doesn’t change for them. But what genre? they insisted. Is it fantasy? SF? YA? Mainstream? Is
Don’t Know, Can’t Care Read More »
Yesterday, I put the final touches on the revisions for SOUL OF FIRE, and sent it off to madame editrix. The next time I see the book, we’ll be in copyedits, and then page proofs, and then a finished book. So it’s not dusted, but yeah… it’s done. And that means my ten year, twelve-book
There’s Got to Be A Morning After…. Read More »
So I have sent off my bio and photo, and will, I am assured, soon be up on the Client Board .  Weirdly, even though we’ve signed a contract, and New Agent has already negotiated a new deal for me, that will be the moment I feel like I’m really Part of the Pack. Soon enough,
New Kid on the Block Read More »
Monday. Oh god, the Do-Board for today is more than slightly insane. But it’s (almost) all Good and Interesting, so yay? To Do: Deflag the copyedit for HEART OF BRIAR Look over the revisions letter for SOUL OF FIRE (yeah, mine editor was late with the revisions letter so I’m behind the schedule. Such as
Can we have two Tuesdays instead of a Monday? I think that would work much better…. Read More »
I’m still waiting on revision notes for SOUL OF FIRE, and I’m not scheduled to start on G&T #3 until 1 March, so I’ve been working on New Project #2, also known for now as The Left Hand. (or, “the book NOT called TDW”) So today I pulled up my Big Writer Pants and sent the first
Occasionally, The Writer Writes Read More »
Along with the occasional joys and successes, into every writer’s life come the things that fall through. The options that are never picked up, the movie deals that stall, the projects that are cancelled, and endless variations through every year and day of your career. They’re not even things that you can maybe use later:
Today’s Lesson is Zen. Read More »
“How do I do this? How do YOU do this? How does it get done, this book-writing, storytelling thing? I keep starting and stopping, getting distracted, getting bored, getting broken…. what’s the secret?” The following paragraph has long resided in the sidebar of my Livejournal blog. Some days (weeks, months, years) it’s useful to shake
A Reminder (for you, and for them, and for me) Read More »
*worked up and submitted a proposal for a project in a new-to-me side of publishing. *was interviewed for DOGTALK (a radio show) and was introduced solely by my pseudonym for the first time. That was… kind of surreal. *was unexpectedly submitted (and got preliminary approval) for a project that could be a lot of fun.