I completed my Golden Gateway judging yesterday. As always, it taught me as much as I hope I conveyed to the entrants. This year's lesson? Don't rush ( Read more... )

Gah! I have five days to finish my Golden Gateway entries. O_o Where does the time go? Honestly, since we moved it's like the world turns five times faster than I do. 'Course, it could be the reintroduction of The Sims 2 to my life.

The more I see that title, the further in love with it I fall. It's the rename for Sapphire's Secret. There's so much more power and charm and substance to it, I think.
The first Montgomery trilogy is now:

Gryphon's Overture
Light's Threnody - Not entirely sure about this one.
Traitor's LamentNow that I look at it, I don't want to have two ( Read more... )

A Note to Contest Judges ( Read more... )

Here's where I stand right now:

The Sapphire's Secret:
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Grargh. Just...grargh ( Read more... )

I think it's quite apt that writing and writhing have a difference of a single letter. Eesh ( Read more... )

I am SO slacking lately. Haven't written a word since I polished my partial for Betrayal's Daughter, and that makes me very sad. And guilty. :P Life just keeps throwing me curves that end up in total foul. Thankfully, they're not huge curves. Big enough to keep me off-kilter, but small enough they're not killing me ( Read more... )

Sigh. Betrayal's Daughter has been declined at the partial stage. Don't get me wrong - I'm still elated that it GOT that far! But...sigh. It would've been nice to skip the intervening step to first full requested. Ah well. Instead, I've accrued by first "Rejected Partial" number.

My Writerly Stats (All agents ( Read more... )

Jehoshephat! Between getting really freaking sick, having my littlest brother go through liver failure (recovering, thankfully, without transplant!), and my brains rattled loose by all this moving mumbo-jumbo, I have been totally and completely remiss in my writing ( Read more... )