I have been working pretty hard on HIGHBORN for the past month. Most of that has not been on new writing, but on completing the outline. This was needed both for me-- I knew where I wanted the novel to go but I needed a sense of how it was going to get there-- and for an agent I'm hoping will take me on. So over last weekend, I finished the ( Read more... )

That's what I think I'll call months from now on-- "Fly Bys."  With everything that's going on, they all seem to do just that.  We've had lots of stressful challenges lately, with car issues, school things, family matters, home repairs, job stuff.  The cousin I moved up here in August is scheduled to go into assisted living on the first, which ( Read more... )

My sweet Goblin boy came in second place in the Danes Online contest (no sense posting the URL, since they don't keep the winning pictures up there -- so sad). He was ousted by a snowball-attacking Dane named Quake. Fine -- we moved to Arizona to get away from snow. So there. ::grin:: I will say, however, that for some reason January was a ( Read more... )

Okay, so I haven't managed that one hour a day thing, but I did manage an almost all day writing stint today. That pile-o-hours got me 6 pages, and it's been since October that I wrote more than 2 or 3 pages at a time, so I'm pretty pleased. The story is finally starting to move on its on, the characters are starting to think outside my box, and ( Read more... )

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The Necon website has been updated with GOHs, nifty artwork, and the registration form.  Get over there, cuz we are already half sold out, and it isn't even 2008 yet!
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Also, Necon has come to both Facebook and MySpace.  Yeah, I know neither spot looks very spiffy right now, but I'll get there.  I just snagged them within the last twelve hours, so ( Read more... )

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My old enemy, Time, has reared its horned and ugly head yet again, and it's unlikely I'll be able to post before The Husband (
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Well, it's 10:30 p.m. on Sunday night, and I wrote not a single word all weekend.  The Husband
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