Hello, LJ-land,

It's been a while, hasn't it? Sadly, the lack of posting has decidedly not been due to burying myself under mounds of writing. Editing, yes, but writing, no. But it's that time of year again. WaT time of year?  Why yes, since you asked. It is.

For those of you who are wondering what kind of editor misspells "what" in her journal posts ( Read more... )

The bad news: I failed miserably at my writing goals over the past two weeks ( Read more... )

1. What do you like to do when it rains?

Sleep. Eat. Read. Write. Edit. Let the cats chase me around the house. Chase said cats around said house. Jump in the occasional puddle.

In other words, everything I do when it doesn't rain (a good thing, given where I live). I just do it wearing warmer clothes and the hat that makes strange 80-year-old ( Read more... )

Note to self (aka public admission of temporary klutziness and/or stupidity): If you're feeling like you need to take a break from the long hours in front of the computer, just take a break. Splashing oneself in the eye with a semi-caustic solution* will not free you from editing responsibilities or writing goals. It's just painful and annoying and ( Read more... )

The WiP (hooray, no longer WOP) is now at 42,000 words, which means that a) I'm on track so far with my 10k per week and b) I'm now at the word count where it crashed and burned and had to be utterly rewritten the last time. It's gotten to a point where it's a bit of a struggle, so my word count may drop a little bit next week between the slower ( Read more... )

Hello, 2009, and welcome.

I don't like doing year-end or year-beginning posts, but realized I should probably follow up on that announcement of "MyNoWriMo" I made at the beginning of the month.

As far as getting 50,000 words written on the WOP...do you hear that raucous laughter? Divide that number by five, and you'll be about right. Still, I feel ( Read more... )

anghara has far better photos of our snowstorm than I do, but here's a peek at mine:


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I didn't do NaNoWriMo this year.  November was full of too many other things. But now I'm getting cranky from the lack of writing, and there is only one cure: park my butt in front of the computer (without hooking into the Internet) and write.  So while November may have been National Novel Writing Month, December is My Novel Writing Month.  Plot ( Read more... )

Apex Publications Ramps up the Raffle to Replace Stolen and Damaged Books

November 16, 2008 - Yesterday, Apex Book Company received a shipment of hardcover copies of Michael A. Burstein's new collection "I Remember the Future." At least, the box was supposed to contain the book. What we actually received was a box full of...nothing. A second box ( Read more... )

I caught this meme from vylar_kaftan .

If you don't find it as amusing as I did, blame her.

Here it is: If you saw me riding in the back of a police car, what would you think I was there for?

Answer in the comments, then post to your own journal if you so choose.  Hey, I'm not going to force you...unless that's the reason I'm in the car.

I'll do a real post soon, ( Read more... )