Editor has requested some more changes. Work is in progress. I am still in confused mode, since my brain had moved on to “project manager for renovations in the house we bought to provide rental property for our son when we croak.” That house–which we have owned for just a hair over a month–now has Read More…
What Do You Do When the Writing’s Done?
The previous post was a wee tad premature, since I found a Problem (having two files with very similar names. Opening said files (but only one at a time) while extremely tired and migrainous. No guesses who made some changes in one, and some in the other.) So two more days were spent calmly (!) Read More…
At Last…
Last night I finished the editorial rewrite for INTO THE FIRE (I know, you’re saying FINALLY! in the same tone I did) and as always the book is better after a reworking. It’s a little shorter, it’s got more stuff IN it, and my brain is certifiably toasted to a crisp, very brown around the Read More…
Crawling Toward Better…
Yes, the revisions Editor requested are coming along. No, they’re not coming along as fast as I wanted them to, and the multiple layers of difficulties that have slowed them are not all my fault. Some are, if you consider accidentally misjudging the amount of heat and exercise the old body could handle my fault. Read More…
We have Cover: Into the Fire
I can’t lead with the picture in this blog (for reasons of this theme, not any other restriction…if I put the picture first, there’s a big blank. So…I will tell you a little bit about it before you see it. It’s not a scene from the book, exactly–they wanted it to be more SFnal and Read More…
Why Writers Should Read Their Own Books….
…even after publication. Before, for instance, turning in the next book (if at all possible.) At least read the old manuscript file. Because otherwise a person who thinks she knows *exactly* what the end of the previous book was like (after all, it’s the last thing she revised, and proofread, and sent off to Editor) Read More…
BOOK DAY
I was supposed to post this earlier but we had thunderstorms and rain and more rain and thunderstorms…and I did post it where people who don’t come here and might now know the book’s about to be out could find it easily. But I sure didn’t mean to neglect y’all here. It was a great Read More…
And Four To Go
Four days to COLD WELCOME’s release, that is. But let’s get on with the story (my hands are hurting so this may be a short segment, and following the POVs may be a bit rough.) There may be other foursomes or fours in hand or other fours around in this Interlude story. You never know, Read More…
Off-topic
All this week the repair & painting crew has been working on the outside of our house, including the carport. It has been noisy and distracting (as construction and lots of strangers about always is) but the effect has been excellent. The gaping hole were the beehive was removed is now closed, secured, and painted. Read More…
Three to Get Ready
“They don’t have a reservation!” The assistant manager was flapping his hands again. Bunter sighed–not too obviously–and glanced at Carson. Carson nodded and with suitable demeanor headed for the backup command center. “They are old and valued guests,” Bunter said in his inimitable voice, silky with steel underneath. Out of the assistant manager’s sight, his Read More…