Trace of Magic
It’s coming along quite nicely thus far. Though I’m heading for the potential middle slump. I hope not. Here is the word count thus far 35995 / 90000 words. 40% done! and a snippet, with errors, but I’m tired and…
Pathetique
Am I all kinds of pathetic for being irritated that on Amazon, Shadow City has 29 reviews and it can’t get just one more to break even? And why am I even obsessing about this? Lots of new great books…
Making home a home
When we moved in here, there were some priorities to get done quickly. We needed to unpack certain rooms for living purposes. Those priorities were the kitchen, the bedrooms, the bathrooms, and the rec room. Mostly those were done quickly,…
Tasty books
I just read Delia’s Shadow by Jamie Lee Moyer. It is so freaking good. It’s set in post earthquake/fire San Francisco. There are ghosts and a serial killer and I loved it. In other news, I’m writing up a storm…
merrily we write
I had some great news this week, and that is The Hollow Crown finally reverted back to me. I have another publisher who wishes to reissue and finish the series. We’re working out details now, but hopefully I’ll have an…
more on writing a synopsis
As you know if you’ve been watching this space, I’m working on a synopsis for the WIP. Like many writers, I hate it. I hate more than I used to because over the years I’ve become more of a pantser…
In which life happens
Dad had heart valve replacement surgery on Thursday. This is done through an angio procedure and apparently is a very very delicate thing to do. Four doctors have to do it and there’s only a 52% chance of success. It…
Too blanking hot
ninety five degrees today. I should have gone to the coast. I‘ve got a post up on Magical Words today involving beginning stories, bacon, Lucky Charms, and cooking. Go look. You know you want to. I love Jon Stewart. I…
accomplishing things
It was hot today. Blech. I did get in a walk with the doggies before it got steamy. I got a fair bit of writing in and finished the third chapter on the proposal I’m working on. Now I need…
Bad bad bad bad movies
Spent the morning doing work around the house. Cleaning and doing laundry and unpacking stuff and so on. Then we had a good friend come over for bad Syfy movies. Fun ensued! We watched Swamp Volcano where the science was…