Writing the script for this graphic novel has been interesting, specifically because I'm trying to keep the physics (aside from the whole 'there are vampires with cool powarz thing) fairly realistic. Ie, if you jump through a glass window, you will probably die from the lacerations that you get from all that broken glass. If you have super ( Read more... )

Back in the saddle again.

After a couple of weeks of whining and being depressed over "your novel is un-sellable", I'm back to working on other projects. Right now, I'm redoing the script for the graphic novel, even though there's a good chance that nickel will have to get a job this summer, and won't be able to work on it. (Depressing, but what can ( Read more... )

So I decided that I couldn't handle life anymore, put on the Strong Poison/Has His Carcase/Gaudy Night Whimsey series trilogy (the BBC one, which is so amazing and does romance the way romance should be done -- complicated, messy, painful, gentle, and unbearably sweet) fired up my spinning wheel, and went at it for... hours. Hours and hours. All ( Read more... )

This morning I got an email from one of the agents who asked for my stuff at the writer's conference. She wanted a two page summary of my work, which I sent her. She just wrote back asking for the first ten pages of my novel ( Read more... )

Dammit, this is what happens when I don't get off my ass and I get here late.

A group who I know are going to be hanging out forever (because they're here a lot) have taken my spot. All that's left is a chair where I can't get my stuff out.

As it turns out, Barack Obama directly gave back to me and nickel for voting for him. About $8 million of the stimulus money that California got is going to his school district, allowing them to limit the number of people they're laying off to only 300, instead of like 1200. nickel is too valuable (teaching two classes, one of which they'd have to hire a ( Read more... )

I was thinking on another thing that I remember from the writing conference -- people abusing the hell out of the elevators ( Read more... )

So it's 9:30, and here is what has happened to me today:

1) Couldn't find my wallet, which I think is in nickel's car ( Read more... )

So here's my day so far ( Read more... )

Got back from the conference on Sunday. I was spaced out all day yesterday, so I didn't update.

( Update below the cut )