June 2010

Go On? Go Back? Go Away?

All the edits I made are in. My muses are now tempting me with delightful scenes that don’t make sense in the context of the story. I would be willing to toss pretty much everything written if they’d show me in what context those scenes do work, but noooooooo… Stupid muses. So now here we […]

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What Happened to that Balance Thing?

“Our findings suggest a serious threat to public health especially from coliform bacteria including E. coli which were detected in half of the bags sampled ” Charles Gerba co-author of the study said. via Reusable bags a breeding ground for bacteria – KOLD News 13. Okay, I get the need for this article. People should

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Slush, Slash, and a Shiny Compass

Let me begin by saying I am not anti-agent, nor anti-editor. I believe what James Owens said at a recent panel, “My editor makes me look good!” with all my heart. I am all for allies in this crazy venture I hope to launch one day. I do not want them to go away, and

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DSED: Day 27

You thought I forgot, didn’t you? Nope. Though I tried. Spent two days poking at proofs, and now copies of Taro’s book and of Rafe’s book are winging their way towards me. I used mostly the same cover for Rafe’s book, but the pic of Eve wasn’t appropriate, and I didn’t have a blurb handy,

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Rejection…Isn’t Really

I was reading an article by Nathan Bransford, and this struck me: The lack of commercial viability of 99% of the books written every year necessitates all this rejection. Writers tend to take rejection as “I’m not good enough” and sometimes they may be right. But it’s a lot more likely that the person rejecting

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I Always Meant To…

Ever since my first NaNo, back when it was Lulu.com that gave free copies of your book, I’ve been wanting to do it. Not to self-publish–though I’m watching J.A. Konrath and pondering–but just to have it. In book form. To hold it in my hands and reaffirm to myself and to the universe that it

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Two Years Ago Today

This post isn’t really for you. It’s for me. Friends to whom I whine about my lack of progress: you know what to do. Two years ago today, in my quest to avoid whatever I was working on, I added up what I’ve written over the years. Talking about Ray Bradbury’s million words, it went

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