Today is the day that kaerfel's book, The Rise of Renegade X comes out. She's been writing and submitting since she was twelve, and has brought worlds of wisdom and experience to our writing group. No one writes a killer query like Chelsea. Don't believe me? Go read the flap copy for her book. They used her query.
Why, here it is.

"Sixteen-year-old ( Read more... )

I'm several chapters into markteppo new book, Lightbreaker. It takes place in a world I've inhabited and orbited, and as a result, it creeps into my brain and freaks me out a little. It opens up just a few miles from where I grew up, and a lot of it so far has taken place on the Bainbridge-Seattle ferry run, that old landmark of my dreams and childhood. One ( Read more... )

Only four hours sleep last night, still a little muggy. The fact that work's slow today doesn't help.

Last night, we went out with a bunch of people, whose LJ names I'm too tired at the moment to write out. But the focus of the group was kenscholes and his wife, jens_fire. csinman has better coverage than I over in his LJ. I mainly wanted to share the recipe that came out ( Read more... )

Just got back from Foolscap. I had a lot of fun this year, probably because I'm at the point where I know people well enough to just hang out. The panels were kind of...meh. But I suspect I'm also getting to the point where I've seen what can be seen at panels. That said, Keffy did great on his panels, and I had a lot of fun in the Typography panel ( Read more... )

Last night, despair paralyzed me as I was going over my writing. It struck so hard, I think, because I've been going over some older stories I have that I really love, so the fear that only I can connect with this stuff -- and I connect pretty strongly-- is painful. I already know the only solution to said despair (chill out and be patient and let ( Read more... )

Money's tight lately for everyone in the house, but no emergencies have popped up, and I'm hoping things will get better in time. I'm sure we'll be fine. I might get a teeny raise in the near future. Maybe. But I think I lost Keffy's rent check, which makes me feel supremely stupid ( Read more... )

Apparently my family is doing $1 Christmas presents. So I just got back from the Goodwill with a bunch of cheap paperbacks. Some are good (really old copy of Fahrenheit 451, Harry Potter and the Philosphers (not Sorcerers) Stone) others are silly (Choose Your Own Adventures!) And, I got The Female Man, by Joanna Russ, for myself. Holy Crap. I just ( Read more... )