It was one of those random quirks of timing, serendipity if you will ( Read more... )

Note to self: It really should be 3 nights to the full moon, but it may need some tweaking in chapter one. So remember to use the phone booth to go back, change the six to a three, then go back again, get the jail cell keys, and free the historical figures. Oh, and make sure it doesn't say 'Friday' anywhere in chapter one.

I don't aim to be a 'gay author', or have my books shelved under the LGBT sign. I just want to tell the stories I have in my head. The fact those stories contain a healthy amount of gay characters is no different than any other author writing about what he knows. The fantasy genre tends to break that convention somewhat, particularly if you're ( Read more... )

When I first wrote the first NaNo draft of Gypsy Fiddle, there was basically one POV, Kostyantyn's. I had planned on going back and filling in the 'gaps' with POV from Dan and Lincoln, but as I went back to do that, I started adding Sorin's and Kane's POV as well ( Read more... )

Here's the scene which inspired the poll. I'd like to note I'm not stressing over this, I'm just curious what people think.The sound of helicopters makes Kostyantyn's heart jump before he notices that the TV is on, colored flicker on the wall, hushed voices and the sound of gunshots. Why is this on when nothing else is ( Read more... )

I'm supposed to be getting back to work on Gypsy Fiddle. I do have a few ideas I'm going to implement in the first few chapters, but I just can't seem to get started back up. It's happened before but it always frightens the fuck out of me. I guess because without this all I have is a cubicle and following a band around PA. And that's pathetic. It's ( Read more... )

After reading both reviews to Gypsy Fiddle on OWW, now that jpsorrow added his few cents, I've formulated a bit of a game plan. Joshua's right about Dan. The first thing I'll do is work on that, and just that ( Read more... )

My least favourite part about writing urban fantasy is having to deal with the police.

Even though I've watched my share of Law and Order and still flail and fantard over The Sentinel (shut up, it is too a cop show), I still feel inept at writing anything having to do with police procedure. Even something as simple as 'we should call the cops and ( Read more... )

So I got a review on OWW for the first bit of Gypsy Fiddle. She liked it a lot, and offered some good points that I either had missed or was struggling with and finally decided to put out there to see if anybody spotted the issues ( Read more... )

Now that I have your attention ( Read more... )