On Crosspointe
I had an ugly realization the other day that I’d forgotten some serious developments in The Hollow Crown and had neglected to account for them in plotting out the next Crosspointe book. Bad. Very bad. I’ve been rereading the past…
getting stuff done and not
This weekend seemed to fly by with much laziness and bouts of work. I didn’t get writing done. I did get sleeping done. We also got a lot of shopping done, including blueberry bushes, more dirt, and some other plants.…
so far so
I finished the re-issue edits for The Black Ship. Not a lot of changes overall, but fixing scan errors and some clunkiness. I still like this book a lot. It looks like Trace of Magic will be available August 1.…
recapping the weekend
There’s too much that happened to actually mention it all, so I shall attempt to sum up. I went up to Seattle last Weds and spent the night with friends and then the next morning, we loaded up the party…
Miscon thus far
Miscon so far has been a huge delight. Not that I’m surprised, but I love this con more and more. I left Weds. to travel to Seattle to Andrea Howe’s place where several of us spent the night after eating…
Updatery on a Tuesday
Wow, I thought it was Monday. We have a potential diagnosis on my son. I’m not convinced it’s the problem because I’ve had raised hopes before and I had them totally dashed. So I’m trying to not let that happen.…
My Miscon schedule
Fri 5:00 – 5:50 PM, Writing Strong, Believable Women, Great Hall (Upstairs) Fri 7:00 – 7:50 PM, Getting Into Character, Great Hall (Upstairs) Sat 1:00 – 1:50 PM, Anti-Hero, Hero, or Villain?, Containment Room (Upstairs) Sat 7:00 – 7:50 PM,…
Thursday
After a slight meltdown this week–an intersection of many difficult things–I have been trying to put in a lot more extra hours on the writing. It’s paying off. I finished the revision of Trace of Magic, finished the page proofs…
What day is it?
It’s been a rough week for the boy. The test we had scheduled got canceled because he has to be off one of his drugs for a week. So that is now rescheduled for next Friday. In the meantime, he’s…
Trace of Magic Snippet
I finally FINALLY finished my revision of Trace of Magic and sent it back to my editor. I really like it and hope that I’m right. Anyhow, in honor of finishing, here’s a snippet for you. A week later,…