Probably won’t make Draft on “Promises to Keep” today, since I have a breakfast meeting and then afternoon plans to see The Hobbit  (yes, I know, but it’s THE HOBBIT. I have to give the first segment a chance, right?).  However, Draft status seems imminent this weekend…. “Alfred knew he sounded like an idiot. He […]
Mid-December. Yeah. How’d THAT happen? Read More »
And with the push of the send tab, SOUL OF FIREÂ (Portals #2) is off to Madame Editrix. Â It will come back to me for dire revisions, as she points out all the mis-builds I was too in-the-guts to see, but right now I’m feeling pretty good about the book, and the duology overall. Â You’ll get
That was the Weekend That Was (sort of lost in a fog of words) Read More »
Another in my on-going occasional series of guest posts from Writers I’m Reading… I have been a Lynn Flewelling fangirl ever since my editing days, when I gave her agent hell for sending Lynn’s first book to other editors, and not me. (she apologized), and I’ve been waiting for CASKET OF SOULS for what
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Working on a proposal today, writing up the sample chapter, and I nail the paragraph that nails the POV character. “This wasn’t a job. I was on leave. Medical leave, officially. “Get your shit together†leave, unofficially. Which probably maybe explained why I was out there, at oh-dark o’clock, sitting on my numb ass watching
Sometimes you don’t know what you’ve done ’till it’s done… Read More »
Reportedly, one last day of over-90’s heat, and then we’re back to reasonable seasonable. I plan on spending all of next week in various stages of Outdoors, to celebrate. [hopefully, everyone has come through their heat, excessive rain, or quench-already-you-damn-fire, and can relax a little now, too. Â Why can’t we send the rain to the
salt bagels and surf and simmering sun…. Read More »
Onward and onward on the revisions for HEART OF BRIAR. As I said on the Other Social Medias (OSMs), writing a novel is like building a mountain out of pebbles. Revising is like trying to rearrange the pebbles without causing a landslide. So far so good – the major changes are all making sense, and
It’s Wednesday. All day. I think more caffeine is in order, don’t you? Read More »
oh yeah there it is, the “hazy hot and humid” forecast nobody was waiting for…. ices the coffee, cranks the ac without apology Today (this week) is kind of crazy. I’m working on a novel draft and a short story. I’m trying to get organized for BEA next week (wheeee). I’m trying to get the apartment
Tuesday Very Much Like Monday, and it’s summer no matter what the calendar says. Read More »
Spain was lovely, and while I wrote up a quick trip report of the first few days for BookViewCafe, I then fell off the blogging wagon entirely and merely tweeted random updates as we had bandwidth and energy. As soon as I get the photos identified and posted, I’ll let the three of you who’re
Mmmm. Fusilli with garlic, ancho chiles and sardines, topped with grana padano and pignoli  [beats CatofSize off with a stick]. The only thing that could make this better would be – oh, look at that, a glass of wine! *noms* It has been a Very Long Day, mostly dealing with the AA (author alteration pages)
First: the ObPromotionalBit: A half-faun PI. A girl who sees Death. Magic that runs on electricity. NYC. You know it’s gonna be a party… Go on, check it out. Ahem. And now, onward to the writing neep. So, today I started working on the second mystery project. And The first thing I did was take
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