“Let me get this right: you’re worried because your editor really liked the book, and didn’t find any major broken things you need to fix?” “Yes!….*pause*…That’s not normal?” “…*sighs*…” So maybe it’s just me, I don’t know. My editor’s a smart, experienced woman, but I’m SURE the book has some major whoopsie in it… maybe […]
State of the Meerkat update, with bonus #Writerbrain Read More »
Last week, I got an email from Madame Editrix, saying she had read the manuscript for FIXED (Gin & Tonic #2) and loved it. And that I should prepare for incoming notes. (Because no book is so good that a good editor can’t show you how to make it better. That’s me saying that, not
My Editor is Old School. Read More »
The Year-End Project has been…not exactly put to rest, but it’s on a back burner, 40,000 words prepped and waiting for Discussions. So, what’s up, what’s on deck? Right now, the main priority is getting “Miles to Go” into final shipping shape for the Kickstarter backers. They’re also due a few stories (I haven’t forgotten,
Chapter Five was a bear to write, mainly because there’s a massive amount of delicate worldbuilding here — too much, and it comes across as a Tract, too little, and the reader becomes lost in unfamiliar territory. A lot of movement, covering ground (heh) and launching the story into a new direction. And this is
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Day Ten Basically, yesterday I was rewriting chapter 4 from the ground up, and swearing because I really need to do some on-site research for certain details (Google Maps only goes so far, even now), and I stupidly set one particular important element somewhere I haven’t spent a lot of time and…argh. When I’m writing
Days Ten and Eleven of the Year-End Project… Read More »
Internet continues to be unreliable, making for late posts. And we shall not speak of Cablevision’s decision to cancel my service call without checking to see if I still needed it….  Cranky writer is cranky, as there’s stuff I need to research/sites I need to check… A long post, catching us up. Day Six: Realized
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Merry Christmas, to all who observe/celebrate/enjoy! Combining two days of work into one post, for brevity’s sake. Chapter Two was more of a bear than I had expected – this is where I am wading into unfamiliar waters, both in setting and time, and the characters are a reach for me. Finding something in
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So, the last week of the year probably isn’t the best of times to announce a deal (nobody’s around to cheer) and I’ll probably re-announce it come January, but the details have been hammered out and I’m pleased to say that PlusOne Press will be doing the trade paper edition* of Miles to Go/Promises to
In which I’m getting the hang of this new-fangled multi-prong publishing world…. Read More »
PSA: looking for that last-minute downloadable gift? Something to read on the long trip to Grandma’s house? DRM-free fiction at BookView Cafe! Holiday Sale! (and yes, this is a sideways reminder that my DRAGON VIRUS, FROM WHENCE YOU CAME, and PRACTICAL MEERKAT’S 52 BITS OF USEFUL INFORMATION are available direct from the publisher here…. but
PSA for the holidays & an Update on Day 3 of the Year-End Project Read More »
This is a not-under-contract project, something I only get to work on when all other obligations have been met. Goal: to have 50k words in polished working order by 1 January. Day 1: got the errata, notes, and existing text imported into Scrivener. Â Created a character call-sheet. ——————————- Started working on part 1, chapter 1
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