Okay. The new novel that was starting to talk to me a couple of weeks ago?

Has now spilt its guts. I may have a couple months, if I'm lucky. A few weeks if I'm not.

DANGIT, GIRL, I want to write Vigil first! And then Archivalist! I have a backlog, why can't you just queue up?

Because that is not the way this works. Obviously.


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Farm Life: Staring at the gross-looking thing the dog is chewing to be sure it's a dead thing it's SUPPOSED to have. This morning, luckily, it was just a really dirty bone. (My favorite scene for imagery remains one for horror-value in the Aolon project, that came straight out of my backyard...)

Love, War, Books: I'm really happy to announce that ( Read more... )

And today I had the crushingly similar realization that I have to throw away the stuff I was wanting to save from the first/second/third start of the Archivalist book, or it stays comatose to death ( Read more... )

Guys, it is GORGEOUS out right now.

Seriously, I used to be a traditionalist about clothing, but in my mellow old age today is one in which we bust out the boyfriend shorts and flannel shirt in tribute to my early 90s childhood.

Also, I've figured out what is wrong with the Archivalists. Basically, after nailing that fourth attempt at an opening for ( Read more... )

I realized last night that when I'm upset, I tend to want to post something on my blog, but never about what I'm actually upset about. I usually get lost in the maze of other things I could post as substitutes, realize I'm too ruffled to write well, and then give up and go to bed.

Just thought I'd note why there are never rants on my LiveJournal. I' ( Read more... )

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It is a good thing I decided to focus on poetry as well as novel-writing, and forget word-count, because this novel is apparently not one to be rushed.

What is it about gaslamp debutante secret order fantasy novels that needs to be deliberated, I wonder?

If you want to glance at today's poem it is over at my aptly spider's web themed poetry blog, ( Read more... )