I know a lot of my readers are also writers, and so I wanted to post about my attempts to use Rachel Aaron’s 10k-A-Day System to finish the first draft of Dark Days, the 6th Black London novel.

First, I need to back up a little bit and set the stage: I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Primarily Inattentive) back in May. ( Read more... )

Been working pretty much nonstop to get Wayne Manor into shape. Still don't have furniture. Still not king.

Project: Bone Gods (Black London #3)
Deadline: May 1.
New words: 3,002


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I'm afraid, in that I still don't have furniture or a clean house (and that, mates, will be an EPIC post in and of itself) that I've got to keep this short. Here come updates:

Project: Bone Gods (Black London #3)
Deadline: HAHAHA. Um. I mean, May 1.
New words: 2,465


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I have a confession--I'm really not very good at short stories.

I've gotten better than I was when I had to write them for college classes. Those were dreadful. I've just never taken naturally to short form. Which is why I eschew the advice that "You Must!" (oh, we hate "you must" here at Headquarters) "You must start out writing short stories ( Read more... )

I'm working on a YA short right now called "Behind the Red Door" for inclusion in an anthology from Running Press called Kiss Me Deadly. I got the cover today, and it's utterly fantastic:


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Project: Bone Gods (Black London #3)
Deadline: April 15th, give or take
New words: 2,770


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On a less pissy note, here's some statistics to kick off your weekend.

Project: Bone Gods (Black London #3)
Deadline: April 15th, give or take
New words: 2,260 (since the 2oth of the month...I am verrrryyyyy slooooow this week.)


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It's really been a week since I updated anything? All right, crap. Here we go:

"The Curse of Four"

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Bone Gods

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I met my writing goals for January--all right, I didn't meet the original goals, which were to finish the novella and get at least 20k into the novel. But I regrouped, I set new goals, and behold:

"The Curse of Four"

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