I've been circling around a short story for about a month now, originally a creepy steampunk story, that just wasn't working.  I pulled teeth to get the first few hundred words out and wasn't happy with it ( Read more... )

Holidays in retail + anthology deadline of Dec 31 = 1 tired writer ( Read more... )

Finished my submission package for Strange Chemistry today.  Loglines/one line pitches are HARD.  Especially for a novel that is in many ways an avalanche--lots of things combined cause characters to act and react, rather than a single problem that needs solving, as in Skywatch ( Read more... )

We know I've been querying Skywatch, and tonight, just out of curiosity, I googled myself to see what an agent would see if they tried it.  I have to put in the "K." in the middle because there's a model and a volley ball player named Lauren Moody who come up way more than I do if you just search "Lauren Moody."  So, googled "Lauren K. Moody".

Most ( Read more... )

4700 words in one sitting.  Not my record, but really nice considering my recent history.  New short story!

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I have been remiss!  But also on vacation, and then writing (short stories, yes I know it's not May anymore), and now back at work which means buried under a pile of e-mail.  I got halfway through last week's e-mail today!  Working backward.  And also skipping anything that couldn't be ( Read more... )

Heyla!

My story THE GIRL SHE TRULY WAS went out into the ether last Wednesday, May 30th, via Daily Science Fiction's e-mail.  It will be available for free online on the Daily Science Fiction website this coming Wednesday, June 6th.

I really need to do a WisCon report, because LOVED IT AGAIN!!

I'm actually on vacation right now, though, so I'll see y' ( Read more... )

I had an insanely busy week, so I didn't actually think to check my e-mail as regards Humanbearer till today.  I'm glad I did--I got both the notice it was being held for consideration, and the final couldn't-fit-it-in, at the same time.  Since Well Enough got held for consideration, I would've been on crazy pins and needles waiting for the two ( Read more... )

Just clicked send for "Humanbearer."  This will be my second submission to Sword and Sorceress (the first one got accepted, yay icon!), but I'm much less sure about this one.  Not the story's quality, but that it fits the market.

( Writer-talk about markets and stories and how those match up (or might not) )

Humanbearer: due in to S&S submissions by May 10th (subs close the 12th).  Editing ( Read more... )