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... )

I don’t want to be mysterious, but there’s so much going on right now book-wise-at least three possible major developments on three different fronts-that I can’t talk about, that I’m just going to forgo the usual update.

I’m still working on Proposal No. 2, which I still like a great deal.

I need to turn out a short story this week, but I have an ( Read more... )

Reading and writing are intrinsic to my life, and have been since I was three years old.

People who can’t read or write, or haven’t had the opportunity to develop those skills beyond a grade-school level, are at a serious disadvantage in society today. Not being able to read street signs, contracts, web sites, bank statements or practically ( Read more... )

Firstly, I’ve contributed a signed copy of The Iron Thorn to Richelle Mead’s Japan relief auction. 100% of my auction monies will go to Doctors Without Borders.

Second verse, different from the first: (shut up, I know that’s not how it goes) My book blogger giveaway of five copies of Iron Thorn with the provision that the winners write and post a ( Read more... )

That big to-do list of mine isn’t going anywhere, so I’m blogging sparsely this week until I catch up on my rewrites to Iron Codex II.  (I really hope I’ll be able to share the title and cover soon, because the cover is ah-mayyyy-zing.)

So, that list:

• Revised draft of Devil’s Business - March 7
• Revised draft of Iron Codex II - April 1
• 50 pp. proposal ( Read more... )

I finished the major edit pass on Devil’s Business last night, and turned it in to my editor, so now there’s only one Insurmountable Project between me and drafting my next novel.

Next Novel is Iron Codex III, and after that, I owe a 5th Black London book to my publisher.

Now, I’ve been planning and prodding and writing a synopsis on a new adult ( Read more... )

Bet you thought I disappeared again.  You’d be half-right-I was finishing my zero draft of Devil’s Business, and when you’re spending six-eight hours a day on a novel the urge to blog curls right up and dies.

The book is with Editor Rose, and it’ll be released in September 2011.

Unapologetically, this is just a big old catch-up post.  As of today, ( Read more... )

I woke up about 45 minutes before I usually do this morning.  I woke up because I was freezing cold.  Which shouldn’t happen, considering I live in a grownup house with heat.

Sure enough, my boiler had decided to shut itself off and it was below 50 degrees inside Stately Wayne Manor.  It was 5 outside, so all things considered, not terrible.  But ( Read more... )

(Sorry, the roommate has me watching Important Things With Demitri Martin, so maybe this entry should’ve more properly been titled BLOG, or some such.)

1. I’ve updated/revamped the FAQ page on my site to be less stupid and more informative, which I think we can all agree the world needs more of.

2.  If you click on the Books link in the nav bar, ( Read more... )

Today is insanely busy.  Every day this week until Saturday is going to be insanely busy.

But that’s okay.  Stuff’s gonna get done, so next week (and every week thereafter until August 1), I can focus on finishing up Iron Codex II.

In other news, I also have something like three pitches to write in the next couple of weeks-one for another media ( Read more... )