Our hero has ( Read more... )

Well, it was a lovely day to sit on my lovely porch with my lovely laptop and work in the story I had a dream about a couple of weeks back.  Only.   it doesn't want to be a *short* story.  The young man who is not-a-prince has just managed to run away from home, escaping the Palace Guard by using his inborn Glamor and has hopped a train.  He ( Read more... )

Well, having completely rewritten my query letter ten or more times, I finally sent it out yesterday, to six of the agents on my list.  One has already responded with a "nope."  (Not naming names, here ( Read more... )

            Arrellia, late of the Hall of Water, sat by her window, reveling in the warm sunlight that streamed through. - from Untitled! novel in progress.

Marcus checked himself in the silvered glass in the hallway. -- From "Heir to Fire."

There was once a witchy woman who lived by a river at the edge of a great forest. -- From "The ( Read more... )

Well, didn't do as much writing as I wanted to today, but got a bit in.

Character is going to live for now, and that's all right.  Still have quite a bit of story to tell, quite a bit more than I expected to have left at this point.  I think we're gonna overshoot that 120,000 by quite a bit.

            Dorfit nodded and started to stand.  The whole street tilted, buildings and all.  "On second thought," he said, "I believe I've been poisoned."    He fell face -forward on the cobbles.

Finally, received this from

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Okay, not a very impressive one, but after being on Kindle for almost a year with no movement at all...

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #150,029 in Kindle Store

Hey, *someone* bought a copy...

New numbers on WIP ( Read more... )

Considering I haven't been to work since Wednesday. But most of that was spent, despite the weather, in bed, to where I return soon.

but
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Well, at 7:15pm last night, I got a cold. Precisely. I sneezed, and thereafter, I had that sore-throat, stuffed-head, somewhat dizzy feel. Went to work anyway, because what are you going to do ( Read more... )