Just leaving these here... Little scraps and bits of this and that. Projects that are currently "abandoned" or "on hold". Thought you all might enjoy them!

The Automaton's Apprentice -- Supposed to be sort of a steampunk adventure, about a little girl who is rescued from a fire by a automaton, and grows up to defend him (and their eventual love) ( Read more... )

( A real life update! OMG! )

I’ve reached the worst part of a novel for me. Some authors bemoan endings. “It’s so hard to wrap everything up!” Some authors agonize over beginnings. “I’ve got so many choices! How do I start?” Not me. No… I hate middles. And not the middle part that’s rushing down to the rapids of the ending. Not the middle which is truly middle, where the plot ( Read more... )

Happy Mothers Day, Moms on Ye Olde Flist! I'm thinking especially of those of you for whom this will be your first Mother's Day ever as an actual Mom. Blessings and restful days to all of you. azriona, I am thinking of you also, because I spend all day with boys just a little bit older than yours, and... you could use blessings and a restful day, too!

( Stuff under here about writing and blah blah blah, does anyone actually read this stuff? )

So... I've been living with my parents for the last little chunk of time.( Stories of cleaning under here! )

I'm bored.

So. Stolen from tosca1390

THE MAKEOUT MEME
Pick a pairing from any fandom, and come up with a location and/or situation, and I will write you between 50 and 250 words about the kiss that happened in that context.

So I've blogged before about how I've spent four years with the familiar cast of Leaven of Malice, tweaking and reshaping and completely rewriting the story, and now that the first draft of a version I actually like is complete, I told myself it was time to take a break while katmorning worked on reading it and editing it -- it was time to take on ... ( Read more... )

So, this is minor news, but when I'm not writing smutty fic for fans of Bones and Doctor Who, I write novels for young adults. I write for teenagers. Most of my post-high-school education is in how to educate teenagers. And most of the thinking I do (relating to writing) is about how my dystopian urban fantasy novels or cyberpunk retellings of ( Read more... )

So, tonight, I finished the fourth rewrite of Leaven of Malice. I thought some of you, particularly off-LJ friends or new-to-this-account friends, or even just friendly friends, might want to know how I feel about it, what this means for the immediate future, what my plans are for publication (if any) and what's next on the writerly agenda.

( A Leaven of Malice-centric post under here )

PSA: I fully intend on finishing both the Noir fic I started posting and The Senator in the Scarecrow. The fact of the matter, however, is that at this point in time, I am incredibly focused on trying to get SOMETHING happening on the original writing career I've been dreaming of since I was eleven. Once this fourth fifth draft of Leaven of Malice, ( Read more... )