I just finished revising a particularly tricky bit of the novel (it's been taunting me for the better part of three months), so I rewarded myself with a little stroll through the internet.  As it so often does, my stroll took in Miss Snark's blog.  Yeah, I know, it's almost ten years old at this point, but a lot of it is still both educational and ( Read more... )

A kerfluffle that mostly escaped my notice, as I've been head-down in revisions this week: apparently there's porn on the internet!  Who knew?  And (gasp!) some of it's pretty nasty stuff.  And (double gasp!) Amazon and Kobo and other self-pub services aren't reading every book posted on their sites to ensure compliance with the terms of service.  ( Read more... )

I'm less than 10,000 words from finishing the first round of revisions on the current novel WIP, and I already know most of those need to be cut.  In the initial draft, there was much aimless wandering while I tried to think how to wrap everything up.  Let's call it halfway through revising the second-to-last chapter.  A couple more hours, and I'm ( Read more... )

I had a plan when I came home tonight.  Really, I did.  Not just a plan, but A Plan.  I wish I could remember what it was, but I'm pretty sure what I spent the evening doing wasn't included.

We’ve got a repairman here today, and since he doesn’t need me to stare at the back of his head while he works, I’ve been cruising the internet.  I haven’t done a lot of that lately, since it’s a huge time-suck and there’s that whole writing thing.  I can blow an entire Saturday afternoon playing six degrees of the internet, but the repairman (and ( Read more... )

I was flipping through the blog roll this evening while eating dinner after another 12-hour day at work, making this already a 40+ hour week, with at least two days still to go.  And if the stuff ain't done, I'll be at work on Saturday.  If I'm not at work, I'll be over at the old house trying to finish getting it ready to sell.  I was scraping the ( Read more... )

Every now and again, I read something that just goes straight to the gut.  Though nastiness can do it too, I'm mostly thinking about the stuff that resonates.  I can feel the puzzle piece snap into place, filling a hole in my understanding of the world.  Sometimes, it's a hole I didn't even realize was there until the right piece showed up.  For ( Read more... )

I hit the local SFF con this weekend, MarsCon.  I volunteered to be worked like a dog, since I'm never quite sure what to do with myself if I'm not being useful, and they obliged.  I still had an amazing time.  It doesn't hurt that my "work" was divided between taking/counting money and being Room Minion, mostly for Tamora Pierce's panels.  Oh the ( Read more... )

I've discovered a new form of cat vacuuming: cat petting.  It doesn't help that the younger cat has an instinct for when I'm about to get up and do something useful, so that she can leap into my lap and purr at 80 decibels.  How can I possibly disrupt something so cute???  Never mind all the writing I didn't get done this morning.

There was nothing on the calendar for today (a pleasant surprise), so I sat down at the computer around 10:30 this morning to write.  Progress Shall Be Made!  On something, who cares what.  Today's tally ( Read more... )