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The Blood Winter Cover: Have you preordered yet? how can you not?
Home again
I’m so tired. Tired tired tired. But I had a great time at Miscon. Taking up where I left off, the Urban Fantasy Noir panel went better than I thought. One panelist didn’t show, so it was just me and…
Greetings from Miscon
Hello~ I’m currently attending Miscon and it’s slightly overcase, a bit sprinkly, and tons of fun. It’s also very crowded. This is what happens when GRRM attends a con. The unhappy news is that Patty and Mike Briggs both came…
progression
I finished doing all the critiques for the Writers Workshop at Miscon. The workshop is free for writers and most of the attending pros do critiques. So if you went to Miscon, you could get critiqued by me, or Patty…
Blood Winter snippet
“Just because you’re winning don’t mean you’re the lucky one.” Guns N Roses Now the snippet: “Let’s get these bodies in the ground. Simon, go bring back the backhoe.” As the others obeyed, she and Alexander wandered around, accompanied by…
Of chickens and revision
Today I got a call from a friend who’d been attacked by a wooden chicken while cleaning and ended up with two broken bones, a chipped bone, and some ligament issues in one of her hands. This same friend is…
What is True
I’m linking this to Neil Gaiman’s commencement speech at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. It’s brilliant. It’s inspiring. And as I’m working on this revision, it reminds me what the writing is and should be about. Today, I…
Hopeful news
It looks like there’s a publisher who may be interested in the Crosspointe books. If so, we’re looking at seeing an end to the series! Wahoo!
How a book is born
This is an infographic on how a book is born. Beverage warning.
manners and lack thereof
Guster, the rescue corgi, has now gone on to his home with my parents. He will hopefully be very happy. He’s a loving dog, but really scared after all the clear abuse he must have had from his former people.…