So, remember how I said before that Angry Bitter Angel could be a novel ( Read more... )

• worked on edits for the Revelator story. It's much better now.
  
• reduced the synopsis for Angry Bitter Angel to under 500 words.
  
• helped the Hubby with his Mustang restoration project.
  
• went over De-wolfed Ben.
  
• exised 150 words from De-wolfed Ben in an effort to make it Suck Less.
  
• watched a movie with my family (Oz, the Great and Powerful, or ( Read more... )

Have a snippet from Angry Bitter Angel:

"Oh, blah blah blah." Ralesh perched on the headboard. "Don't you get tired of that shtick, Nachi? They never listen."

"Sometimes they do." Sure they do, a traitorous voice whispered in my head. They listen to angels not you. Because you are a failure and a screwup"I am not." I didn't even realize I ( Read more... )

1. Print out Angry Bitter Angel, in a different font, read it over, and red-pen it. This should be my final pass, or at least I hope so. Then I can start shipping it out too. Printing it was an exercise in frustration because my printer randomly decided to be a butthead, but I have it, finally. All 34 pages. Standard Manuscript Format will probably ( Read more... )

I now have a fully-formed Plot for Glam Ben. I have a villain, I have a motive, and I have ways for Janni to be Awesome ( Read more... )

Turns out, not really so much. It'll require a very extensive rewrite of that first scene involving the other Guardian angels, and bringing my Big Bad into the room early rather than late.

Which... *sigh* is probably something I should have done anyway, but it's a pain in my butt.

Well. No one ever said this Writing Thing was easy, did they ( Read more... )

Well, the trip to Colorado is off. The HubbyMom is ill, whether from the topical chemo she's applying to the incipient skin cancer on her nose (we live in the future!) or from a bug going around, she's not sure. But that works out for this week, anyway--now I don't have to worry about Boy's Scout Thing or cancelling the meeting with my Writing ( Read more... )

Apex has funded a Glitter and Mayhem anthology through Kickstarter, and they're doing an open call for subs. The deadline is March 15, and the wordcount limit is 6000 ( Read more... )

And it was fantastic as always. The new venue was amazing, with a really good restaurant and a bar. And WALL PLUGS EVERYWHERE. Honestly, I hope we keep that venue instead of going back to UVU next year ( Read more... )

NanoPals on Twitter today asked, "How does religion play into your worlds? Do you allow your personal beliefs to flavour your work? Wha do your characters believe? What kind of book do you prefer to read - one that heavily includes personal faith or one that shies away from a characters viewpoints. Do pious characters bother you if they stray too ( Read more... )