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Welcome!
I post occasional bits and thoughts and updates about my writing and happenings in the sf/f community here. I tend to go away for a few months at a time when I'm deep into a novel, so don't think this blog is dead if you don't see many recent entries. I'll be right back! -
Are you absolutely positively sure?
There is something about a near-miss that is more frustrating than a total air-ball. When it comes to short stories, when I get a form rejection, I simply file it and send another submission out. When I get back a rejection with notes, with the editors telling me they liked it and held on to it for a while because they just couldn't decide ( Read more... ) -
Marathon Writing
Thanks to Vylar, mostly, I've been making slow-but-steady progress on the Novel, despite my brain being eaten by work and wedding plans. Last week we got together at Borderlands for a 6 hour marathon In Which We Both Did Some Work. Writing in marathon chunks tends to work well for me, as I can really wrap my brain around plot. Since she's in the ( Read more... ) -
WFC ate my brain
Will report soon, but I got to see some fellow livejournalers, codexians, etc. And I've actually started writing again. Nothing like the shame of nothing new to report to inspire... -
Cheese and Novels
I have been too busy being a cheesemonger lately to be much of a writer. Either I really really love this job, or my brain was looking for something non-novel to glom onto. Perhaps a bit of both. Next Sunday my Shut up and Write group is having a marathon writing session, during which I will attempt to go back to being a writer. I've let the ( Read more... ) -
Rip out the seams
I finally gathered the bits and pieces of the three or four different versions of the novel into one document and then attempted to make a table of contents for it--I like doing this because then I can find parts of the story when I need to reference them. I have 31k words (not counting the 3-5k I have handwritten in a notebook) and it is an unholy ( Read more... ) -
A sale!
I sold my story "Tornado Juice" to Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet. As far as non-pro markets go, that are one of my favorites, so I'm sooooo excited! It is in this current issue (apparently they move fast), which I think you can buy any day now: http://www.lcrw. net/lcrw/ -
Novel broke my brain...mechanic says it'll take two weeks to order new parts
My head hurts, and my eyes hurt, and the wine is making it worse, not better. I have officially had a writing retreat day. I have been on and off the computer for about 11 hours now ( Read more... ) -
Going home to see the Germans
My brother and I were attempting to coordinate our flights so that we arrived in Green Bay at AROUND the same time, saving our parents an extra four hours of driving to the airport. I was expecting huge amounts of frustration, but my brother actually managed to find a flight out of Santa Barbara that goes THROUGH San Francisco. And then we founds ( Read more... ) -
No function
I am doing the cheesemonger deathmarch today. It is day 5 of a 6 day run, on top of working 2 half shifts at my OTHER job.
My feet hurt. My knees hurt, my hips hurt...you get the idea. But the worst part is that I am going braindead. I was having trouble remembering what I was doing at work yesterday. Then when I spoke to my brother last night, I ( Read more... )