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 »
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 »
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
Practical Meerkat: In Which I Plot Read More »
Lunacon was a lovely time – slightly weird, since I was day-tripping it, but I came out the other side feeling far more rested than usual, so I’ll call the experiment a success (when you live half an hour drive from the hotel, why not sleep in your own bed at night?). There were the
[Practical Meerkat] On Craft: The Boss and the Through-Line Read More »
Reading my old LiveJournal entries (I do that, periodically, to revisit places and emotions) and I can across this entry from 2007, which deserves to be pulled out and set fresh: “Doesn’t matter who you are, or what you’re trying to get done: Ass in Chair is still a valid and effective means to the
Thinking About Thinking About Doing the Writing (Practical Meerkat revisits) Read More »
Yesterday, despite a bad start, was crazy-productive. Which meant I fell over with no brain by 7pm, but that was okay. Now, if I can just repeat that crazy-productive stance for four more days, everything will be copacetic. I will also be dead, but hey, can’t have everything, right? So. The state of the to-dos…
Tuesday Like Monday for Purposes of To Do… Read More »
And lo, DRAGON JUSTICE (PSI#4) has gone off to Madame Editrix, and from there into the clutches of the copyeditor, and from there… What began in 2004 with STAYING DEAD has come to a close. Ten books later, the last Cosa Nostradamus novel for Luna has gone into production. There is rare steak and red
The beginning of the end…and beginning again? Read More »
The following occurred over a 9 hour span via @LAGilman Errands run, coffee ingested, back to the WarRoom I go… #cantsleepdeadlineswilleatme #amwriting …and I just realized there’s a short story in the PSI universe that wants to be told, covering off-page adventures during #4. hrmmmm. I will say this: @matrice has the gift
Tweets from the Last Day of Revisions…. Read More »
so… I’ve been wondering what to do with the “what happened to Mahault after the events of The Vineart War” realization I had…. Should it be a new Kickstarter bonus for “From Whence You Came”? Should it be saved for some future time? And then I thought – nah. So. If we make it to,
I’m crazy, it’s true, but I’m crazy in that way that you like…. Read More »
Yesterday I reached Draft 0 status for “From Whence You Came,” coming in at just under 30,000 words. I’ve put it aside to think about what it’s done for a week or so, then I’ll go back and revise (rewrite) it, while Bob Eggleton works his magic on the cover art. (I cannot WAIT to
end-of-year writing update Read More »