It's been an intense week. MrD went back to school Monday morning, I started my rewrite of Low Road approximately 10 minutes later...and I finished this stage of the rewrite, from page 1 to the end of the book, today at 11:30, just as Patrick was picking up MrD from his last day of school for the week ( Read more... )

Whew! I led my first Year 6 writing workshop at a local school on Thursday, and it was WONDERFUL. I had so much fun! The kids were bursting with really interesting questions and fantastically creative ideas ( Read more... )

I made it! After all the family health disasters of last week, I sent off my latest freelance project this morning, just in time for my new deadline. And oh, is it nice to work with great people! In my cover letter, I apologized again for having to ask for a 3-day extension this time 'round - and in return, I got an email I've already re-read three ( Read more... )

Less than twenty-four hours until we get in the car for Bristolcon and my launch party - wootwootwoot! :) MrD is most excited about the cookies our friend Trish is baking for it. I am most excited about the people who will be there! (But I am excited about the cookies, too ( Read more... )

Over at Girls Heart Books, I'm blogging today about the single thing that's helped me most with productivity over the past year...and it's a little embarrassing but, yes, absolutely true. "Bribes for the Win!"

Here's a quick snippet:

...In this mood, all I want to do is sit back, eat bon-bons (what are they, anyway? I don’t know, but they sound ( Read more... )

Last week was kind of a crazy week, between our four-day Eastercon that stretched into five days, and then an unexpected (though fabulous!) family visit that lasted the rest of the week. Factor in a major ME/CFS crash, too...and yeah. The last week and a half was great but tough, and by this weekend, I was beyond exhausted ( Read more... )

First of all: the chocolate strategy is working! The last few days, fueled by scientifically-applied dark chocolate, I've written about 2,000 words a day on my freelance project. Bribes FTW! ;)

Also, despite my current case of pre-publication-day-anxiety (in the leadup to Renegade Magic's release), I've been reminded that life and the trilogy are ( Read more... )

Ah, pride, how often it goes before a fall...sigh. Today I decided to take MrD into town and make it really feel like a treat for both of us. For me, part of that meant dressing up a little. See, I spend a lot of days wearing PJs until late in the day, which means I usually feel pretty scruffy. Today, though, I not only dressed in non-scruffy ( Read more... )

Thanks so much to everybody who commented on my last post! I really, really appreciated the support and empathy.

Also, I want to STRONGLY recommend Leah Cypess's short story "Nanny's Day" (published in the current issue of Asimov's magazine) to anyone who's ever struggled with mom-guilt. Leah was generous enough to send a copy to me after our ( Read more... )

Whew. I just finished going through the American copyedits for Kat3 (Stolen Magic), emailed off all my changes to my American editor's assistant, then emailed off the copyedited manuscript to my UK editor (to be further copyedited and then published in just five and a half months [!!!] as A Reckless Magick...and, yeah. I'm feeling both happy and ( Read more... )