This is just another quick little Radiation Canary Bonus Track, a sort of interlude between the longer stories about the girls. I thought about what might be passing through Karen's head while she was playing a song on-stage and this formed. This is an interlude between MMOM and "real" writing that doesn't have to conform to the format. I did the ( Read more... )

I knew I'd write a Radiation Canary story for MMOM! I just wasn't sure who the culprit would be. ;D I don't know if this is an official Bonus Track (ie, going in the book) or if I'll write other "Sheet Music" installments with the other ladies. But for now, here is Lana Kent's contribution to this month. If you've read the novel, this is set around ( Read more... )

A moment of silence in honor of my brilliant feat... In the middle of the month, I fell ill. Not super-sick, but a kind of logy, weary, not-goodness that prevented me from writing or reading. I didn't write one word for days, and I didn't even pick up my Kindle. The first day of my sickness, I had a terrible waking nightmare that I'd lost my mind ( Read more... )

This is the first Radiation Canary Bonus Track set AFTER the novel. In the "Curtain Call" section, Karen explains what the other girls are doing at that point in time. But I thought, since I was doing this supplementary book anyway, why not give the girls their own epilogues? So I'm going to explore what they're all up to and possibly set up a ( Read more... )

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In honor of today's release of Radiation Canary (seriously, have you not gone to buy it yet? You totally should. It's conveniently located right here!), a double-length installment! Nearly 6,000 words of the story! And now, at 20,000 words and counting, this is officially a novella (17,500-40,000 words... if I go over that it's officially a novel ( Read more... )

Another installment! \o/ The Rise and Fall of Radiation Canary is available TOMORROW. Keep your eyes peeled for buying info! For now, onward with the past!

( Bonus Track: Lessons in Cartography, Part IV )

The story is almost up to 11,000 words, so I think it's definitely going to be novella-length. Which is good! Dash deserves longer, and I like the idea of a novella anchoring all the other stories in the collection. I only managed to write 2000 words today (heh, "only"), but there was pontiff stuff to watch. New Pope being elected! It's a once in a ( Read more... )

With just THREE DAYS OMG before the release of The Rise and Fall of Radiation Canary (can you tell I'm really excited about this one?), I present you with the second installment of Naomi Marrow and Dash Warren's backstory! You can read the first part here on LJ, or you can find it in chapter-version over on AO3. And because it was brought up by ( Read more... )

My character poll made me realize something. One, Naomi Marrow is a very popular character in Radiation Canary (and rightfully so! I fell in love with her the moment I started writing her... she was supposed to be a side character but she got promoted :D). And two, as important as their relationship is, Naomi and Dash Warren don't have a single ( Read more... )