You need to know how it ends before you begin. I’ve had a lot of questions lately from friends and coworkers to the tune of “why are you starting your second book before you finish the first one?” (Book 2, codename Russian Guyovitch, will be my NaNo novel for this November.) Well, I’m trying to … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Continuity, not perfection
I am the sort of writer who has trouble with being prolific. Oh, I develop huge, grandiose, labyrinthine plotlines with gorgeous character arcs and fully developed worlds. It’s getting it all on paper that’s the difficult part – and the problem is me. I get fixated on individual sentences. I prune them ’til I think … Continue reading
Grumpy writer is grumpy
Panera has the spaciest employees, at least here in Huntsville. I had zero confidence in the cashier’s ability to make my coffee after watching her punch ‘cash’ when I handed her my card. My assumptions were spot on – I have yet to find any mocha in this mocha. I think the universe is poking … Continue reading
Bravery is the new Insanity
Ohhhhh I dunno. I found out yesterday via the eminently magnificent Kim Harrison that Harper Voyager is accepting unagented manuscripts during the first two weeks of October. This is pretty amazing, and I should totally submit mine. Except they want complete, polished novels, and mine is woefully short of that. The completeness part, not the … Continue reading
I love weird people. Weird people love me.
Normally I talk about writing here, but today I want to talk about weird people. (Before I go any further, let me clarify that “weird” is a compliment. Moving on.) I love weird people. I’ve made statements to this effect for a very long time. But in perfect honesty, it’s taken me awhile to fully … Continue reading
