It's a while since I posted here. More than month's passed since World Fantasy in Columbus. Thankfully, I didn't experience any con crud, and I'll credit the good meals I ate with friends in various restaurants around the convention center, as well as the copious amounts of Blue Moon that I consumed in the hotel bar. I think I've avoided posting ( Read more... )

One of the few advantages of mowing the lawn is that it allows my mind to drop into autopilot; all it's got to do is keep me walking in straight lines and avoid debris that might shoot out from under the mower. Consequently, my muse moves into the front and starts playing with scenes and story ideas.

I worked through a lot of problems with ( Read more... )

Day 3 of 90 finds me on track with the current work-in-progress. Half of it was written longhand, as I didn't have ready access to electricity for most of Saturday. Then I spent Sunday transcribing my scribbles before knocking out new material while JFK played on AMC to provide background noise ( Read more... )

A while back, one of my friends, Elizabeth Bear, aka matociquala, started a community called Novel in 90 over on LiveJournal to help another writer get on task with a project. The goal was to write 3 pages a day for 90 days and complete ''a novel-length manuscript in a reasonable time, under real-life conditions ( Read more... )

One of the things I've learned during the last 14-15 years is that my when writing works, when my muse has the bit between her teeth, elements of a story seem to fall into place with relative ease ( Read more... )

Knocking out some new words is the best way to head into the weekend. Especially about a character with staying power. My opinion, of course, but I like him. Reformed criminal in Witness Protection, dealing with supernatural troubles.

Revisions to the prologue for Sacrifices is done. I've taken into account UWG critiques, both on this manuscript and on Only The Dead, and I think I've got a handle on some of my problems with plotting and character motivation ( Read more... )

Project: Sacrifices
New Words: 500
Present Total Word Count: 500 words
Goal: 125,000 words



2 / 500 pages. 0% done!

Things Accomplished in Real Life/Fiction: Buckling down and deciding what to work on for the next few months. I credit the steps I've taken on the physical fitness front, which primarily involves keeping a food journal. It's ( Read more... )

Anniversaries, birthdays, national holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's are all days on which it's appropriate to strike out in new directions ( Read more... )

The Sun Also Sets proceeds apace, though I'm finding the idea of logging progress for the next 67 days daunting. The first days of a novel are similar to the first steps you take on the ascent of Everest. You lose sight of where you're at and can only see where you're going--and how far away that summit seems. It's not easy taking those first steps ( Read more... )