2012 is here. 2011 has left. While it wasn’t as bad a year for me as it was for some of my friends, I’m not sorry to see it go. It’s a new year, and that means a chance to look at what I’ve done in the past year, and what will be happening in …
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(writing) A Christmas Gift for you – Chapter 1 of The Strange Disappearance of Santa Claus
Posted on December 24, 2011
Merry Christmas! The Christmas story I’d planned to post (the Starchild one) is growing into a novella (I know, shocking), so instead, I thought I’d give you a sneak peek at the first chapter of the Schrodinger novel. Yes, I’m still calling it The Strange Disappearance of Santa Claus – the concept is changing a …
(writing/health) Exercise your body, not just your pen
Posted on December 15, 2011
Following up on Tuesday’s post about sick days – the other side of that coin is that writers tend to be hard on their bodies. Sadly, the image of Hemingway or Capote drunk and spinning brilliance out of the bottle is a romantic myth that our profession can’t seem to shake. And it’s an old …
(writing) Writers don’t get sick days.
Posted on December 13, 2011
Yesterday, I was sick. Really sick. Like, running a fever and wanting only to sleep most of the day sick. And I did sleep until about 2:30 pm. Then I dragged myself out of bed, and downstairs. My cousin in law (or ex-cousin-in-law, I guess) posted that she didn’t know how I could be writing …
(writing) Have to share the new Snow cover!!!
Posted on December 10, 2011
Yes, it’s not my normal blogging day, but dammit, this is just too pretty not to share NOW! The lovely Starla Huchton (aka riznphnx) has done a new cover for my Dark Horseman novella Snow, which I’m going to be re-releasing under my own name in the next week or so. Isn’t it gorgeous? She’s …
(writing/nanowrimo) Lessons I’ve learned from this year’s NaNo
Posted on December 6, 2011
Okay, last NaNo post, I promise. 🙂 But I learned a few things about my writing style this time around (I learn things every time, honestly) and I thought I’d share them with you guys. So here are the lessons I’m taking away from this year. 1. Planning: I am not a pantser. This NaNo …
Turning over a new leaf (aka, changes coming to this blog)
Posted on December 1, 2011
I’m always in awe of authors like John Scalzi or Jay Lake who blog every day. I totally want to be like them, except I’m realizing two things (besides the fact that they’re way more popular and successful than I am – I know that already): 1. I don’t know that I have something to …
(nanowrimo) Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner!
Posted on November 30, 2011
Look what I have!!! I did it! I did it! 50,000 words in one month!!!! Now that the insanity of NaNoWriMo is over, I can actually like, do things other than writing again. What a weird feeling. I will NOT be doing an Advent story this year – sorry. This story was supposed to be …
(personal/writing/to-do) Deciding to take Sunday off
Posted on November 20, 2011
Well, in the sense that I’m not going to Williamsfaire. I feel like I SHOULD, but you know what? I need to do laundry, I need to cook for the week, and I need to keep writing. And I wasn’t going to really do anything at Williamsfaire anyways, other than write. So I feel better …
(personal/metrics) Finally, a day off!
Posted on November 19, 2011
It was weird, working this Thursday. Sigh, guess I’ll have to get used to it! I’m enjoying being home to eat with hubby, though, even if it IS hard to get up at 6:30 am every morning. Today is a writing/cooking/cleaning day. I’ve already gotten 12 kittens’ worth of words (1200 words, for those not …