-
(Untitled)
"So, what have you been doing lately, JB ( Read more... ) -
Free reads!
This is the aborted start to a book, which will no longer work because I overhauled the plot. But it's still an entertaining start. (That yogurt line? Totally needs to find a home in one of my other things.)
( Read more... ) -
gah
I've declared Sept a no-write month. I just can't keep up. >.I got home from SoCal last Tuesday, worked, saw a house Thursday then left for a Vegas wedding Monday (so tempting to post this misleading line to Facebook: "At a chapel in Vegas! - with Quin" but I refrained), got home Tuesday, worked yesterday, today I'm going to see a house (I'm trying ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
I remember being a kid, and listening to the football game play in the background during Thanksgiving. It wasn't the Superbowl. I know that now, because I thought it WAS the Superbowl and I put that in my book, and no one else caught the slip up either. Now it's published like that. *dies so hard* I can't believe I did that. I so carefully ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Well, I packed up Cash, Lily, and Tango and we all headed south to visit my family! We've had a blast while we're here. :D ( Read more... ) -
Common
So, way back in my heyday of comic fanfic, there was this thing called The Common People. I forget now who started it -- Luba? Lori? Kaylee? -- but it was pretty popular. It was superhero stories told from the point of view of -- you got it! -- the common person ( Read more... ) -
Strong Female Characters
I read this great article today, "I Hate Strong Female Characters" by Sophia McDougall, and it had a fabulous point. I'm going to sum it up:
Tell me about a Strong Male Character. "Any of them!" I hear you cry. Except... not really. To quote from the article, let's look at Sherlock Holmes:
"Sherlock Holmes gets to be brilliant, solitary, abrasive, ( Read more... ) -
A Little Queer
Did I mention I've been having to go back through and fill in scenes from Queer that I hadn't realized I hadn't written? Or scenes I didn't think I needed, but then when I went back and read it -- after finishing editing Weird (which is available in paperback now, btw!) I realized I did?
See, here's what happened. I wrote A Little Weird. I sent it ( Read more... ) -
Book review!
We all remember that when I say "review" I really mean, "I'm going to talk about this book, and it might only be a line or two, but it might be pages", right? Good.
When I get stressed, I read. I've been stressed. With work (dog training) picking up, and edits (for the recently published A Little Weird, now available in paperback!) to do, and most ( Read more... ) -
Writing update, and book review!
My writing update is super short this month.
With the advent of Tango and A Little Weird coming out (it's out in print now!), I haven't had much time for writing. A Little Queer is next on the docket; the fantasy trilogy is still burbling in the back of my head, and I've re-plotted the spy book several times now. Everything is tightening up, but ( Read more... )