I intended to more or less take a break this week. It was Thanksgiving (even if it's not a holiday here in Australia, we still have dinner in our house), I sent out my first ever query letters. I was allowing myself some time to luxuriate in being a total basketcase, refreshing my email every five minutes even when it was 3 AM in NYC. I intended ( Read more... )

I've gotten off to a rather rocky start with my revision process.  I suppose it's only fair, because when I started writing the first draft I got through the first 30,000 words of it almost without a hitch--it's about time I hit some speed bumps.  Part of the problem has come from outside the writing sphere--I got the mother of all migraines this ( Read more... )

...I've finished the first draft of The Iron Wood ( Read more... )

I'm nearing the end of my book--I'm currently at approximately 75,000 words, and I forsee maybe another 30,000 words to go. It's not quite close enough to make a mad, sprinting dash for the finish line, but that's not really what I want to do anyway. Although I always was a sprinter rather than a distance runner, in this case I think consistency ( Read more... )

Time for me to throw myself on your mercies, dear readers, and ask for some help. Let me lay out the issue ( Read more... )

Hey folks! In honor of Teaser Tuesday, I've decided to post a scene from my current work in progress, which has the working title THE IRON WOOD. I’ve chosen a scene out of the middle of the book, but it's an action-y sort of scene that hopefully doesn't require too much context ( Read more... )

I’ve had several people lately go “So, uh, what are you actually working on?” I’ve been twittering like mad about my word count, and occasionally posting humorously poorly written excerpts, and very rarely talking about the actual content of the book. But I guess I haven’t ever really talked about what it’s about ( Read more... )