Okay, time to guilt myself into writing more. I meant to write a bunch last night. Instead I got sucked into the first three chapters of Love Is an Orientation by Andrew Marin. Good writing, and an amazing and excellent mission. I’m having to fight to keep myself from picking …
Chapter Three has refused to be written at the computer. I do a heck of a lot of composition while sitting at the keyboard. I used to write longhand a lot more than I do now, but apparently Chapter Three needed to be written longhand. I cleaned out my fountain …
I’m almost 20,000 words into my epic fantasy novel revision, and I’m finally beating my head against a subject I have long dreaded. Calendars. Seems like an innocent enough idea, until you think about how in epic fantasy novels, the world is usually not our own. Okay, Middle-Earth was our …
I should have realized that renaming one of the major villains in my epic fantasy novel was going to be a lot of work. I’m one of those people who’s always set great store by names. I love to know the meaning of names. I throw in little jokes about …
Writer’s Digest is giving away a ticket to the San Francisco Writers Conference. I’m entering to win, because this is the year of the dragon, which means it’s my year. :D I confess, I would be utterly unprepared to go, and I would have about a week to get ready, …
What I am supposed to be doing: working on my epic fantasy novel. What I am doing: working on the Lovefool achievement in Warcraft, reading TaleSpin fansites, compulsively checking my friends lists, and freezing my ass off. To be completely fair to myself, I have made a lot of progress …
Angry Robot publishers has announced an Open Door reading period between April 16-30 this year. It’s for unagented debut novelists, and they are only accepting YA or classic fantasy. My classic fantasy, which is still, arguably, my favorite novel, is languishing in overhaul purgatory. I believe with all my heart …
I always try to make my first post of the year my reading list for the year, so I can find it easily. Last year I read 77 books, 10 of which were nonfiction. I’m going to try to make that 15 nonfiction in the coming year. 2012 Reading List …
I just signed up with a goal of 200,000 words in 2012. My projects will be to complete the rewrite of my urban fantasy novel, to complete the first draft of this year’s epic fantasy novel, and to write a couple of short stories. I’m also factoring in 50,000 words …
WOOHOO!!!!! 26161 / 50000 (52.32%) I broke the halfway point today and had just over 6,000 words! Heading to bed early (haha, yes, 1:30 am is early these days) as a reward, and tomorrow I get to play Dragon Age or Warcraft for a couple of hours. I’m on a …