My Robot Bunny story, starring Alex and Ben and many many terrible puns, will be appearing in the Singular Irregularity anthology ( Read more... )

It is cute. It is amusing.

And that's all it is. There's no there there. The core question of "who is this character and what does he want" cannot be answered flippantly by "He's a genius pharma researcher who doesn't want to be murdered by robot bunnies."

Well, I mean. It can, but that doesn't make for a very satisfying story. There's a nugget ( Read more... )

I have 2100 words on my day, an END at the bottom of the manuscript, and a little over 4600 words in the first draft of the robot bunny story.

My head hurts, but it was so worth it.

Tomorrow, I'll poke it and start making it suck less. For tonight, I rest on my laurels, satisfied that I will finish it by the deadline.

Laundry.
Craft project.
Feed my family.
Bike.

and WRITE. I am by-God going to finish this first draft today and beat it into shape enough that I can send it off with the Hubby when he goes on his trip Monday without feeling terrible that I gave him a piece of crap. My deadline is coming up fast and I am determined to hit it ( Read more... )