merriehaskell

Ressurecto Livejourno

merriehaskell Apr 13, 2015 17:06

Kicking the tires. I think it might be time to come back to the long form ( Read more... )

I have read not much this year that was not for an awards jury, and it to me seems like spoiling the pool to say what I liked juuuuust yet. Of the things that are unrelated to awards juries, I prooooobably need some recommendations. And also, I don't have time to read much else right now ( Read more... )

asking you: rec me sommat!, i wrote you something but i eated it

Writing Year 2013

merriehaskell Jan 02, 2014 19:20

Published this year:

new fiction:
* "Zebulon Vance Sings the Alphabet Songs of Love" in Apex (and also in audio reprint with Escape Pod)
* Handbook for Dragon Slayers

Total submissions this year (short stories):
Gosh, I've mostly stopped counting. It can't have been more than 4?

Finished short stories (novellas, novelettes):I started one, does ( Read more... )

end of year

Three quarters of the year

merriehaskell Sep 22, 2013 14:28

Anyone who has followed this journal (remember when we all used to post multiple times a day!?), you know I am Not Friends with Fall. I'm a spring baby, I grew up in a softer climate than the one I was born and returned to, and it gets darker, and I just, well, NEH. NEH, I DON'T LIKE FALL ( Read more... )

Sales and Whatnot

merriehaskell Jul 31, 2013 23:19

I realized I hadn't addressed my short story sales spreadsheet since I sold a book, basically; it came to me as I was working over two story contracts (reprints both).

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writing: statistics

Why Impostor Syndrome is a Syndrome and Not a Recognized Disease

merriehaskell Jul 22, 2013 22:10

Syndrome: A group of symptoms that consistently occur together or a condition characterized by a set of associated symptoms.

One does not merely walk into a publishing contract without seeing at least a few of the signs of impostor syndrome in oneself. I've been declaring many of my symptoms not to be emblematic of the syndrome, because, well, I ( Read more... )

writing: self-doubt is not sexy

Halfway; or, In Which There Are Five Random Things

merriehaskell Jun 22, 2013 22:35

1) I am NOT halfway, but I FEEL halfway through the crush of events of this summer. Two down, two to go, except there are really more than two left. The lies we tell ourselves? But attending Mythcon won't require any real preparation ( Read more... )

in honor of wilfulcait

Heave Ho

merriehaskell May 20, 2013 20:04

My second book is out in a week, which kicks off a very busy summer--after Memorial weekend, which I'll spend with my mom. Then, in order:

Stepdaughter's high school graduation weekend
A breathing weekend (I think). AKA gardening
A week in North Carolina -- for a mini-20 year reunion, a reading at a local bookstore, and assorted fun, PLUS my ten- ( Read more... )

Con or Bust

merriehaskell Feb 10, 2013 18:52

I have a giveaway package up over at Con or Bust.

Ze package includes: An ARC o Handbook for Dragon Slayers; a hardcover of The Princess Curse; and a goatskin bookmark inscribed with Carolingian Miniscule ( Read more... )

2013 Goals

merriehaskell Jan 17, 2013 11:20

I don't have them. But I think I should make them. In public. And have some accountability, like, for every goal segment not reached I have to donate a dollar to a charity I hate. The Tea Party? And what's a hurtful number of goal segments? $100 isn't enough. I'm thinking $250 ( Read more... )