So, I'm leaning toward this for the back blurb for Spiral Path.

"The world is woven of secrets ( Read more... )

Zombie biscuits....

Sitting up in the bed, I strained for some light to see by, but no-either it was still dark, or this mystery place had no windows.

Lord and Lady, will I ever stop waking up in strange places?

"In 1800, a journey from New York to Chicago would have taken an intrepid traveler roughly six weeks; travel times beyond the Mississippi River aren’t even charted."

Unless, of course, you are a practitioner...

Well, it's been an interesting month, but I have finished a dynamite Chapter 13, and am into Chapter 14. (My chapters, for the uninitiated, tend to be 20-30 manuscript pages. Or about 5,000-7,500 words.) Dialogue and interaction are flowing...I will finish designing the kitchen later. Except for Thomas Jefferson's stew-stove--we've got that ( Read more... )

And YOU could be sponsoring this endeavor over at Clarion West Writeathon! I write, Clarion West gets operating and scholarship money for women and minority SF writers, and if I can get my 10,000+ word Nuala short story "Fifth Child" done for this event, too, I will make it into an ebook first, and give copies of it to sponsors ( Read more... )

Well, the meters are not cooperating for me. So -- current Allie 3 count, 87,359 words as counted by WORD.

I think this book will be 120,000 words. Just a guess. I think I know where I'm going!