The life most real to me. As evidenced by the preponderance of posts.
Not so long ago, nearly all my major characters were white. Not that I’d planned it that way–it was the result of a singular lack of planning. I plead clueless–I was building a whole universe, and race is not something I was used to thinking about. Because it’s part of their stories, Taro is of […]
Adding Some Color Read More ยป
Well…there’s some progress. Four more pages edited, and 350 words on another scene I’ve found I need. A whole lot of coughing, sneezing, hacking, wheezing, complaining, miserying… Something tells me I’m not getting done in a week.
No, Joss doesn’t have to face the Cold of DOOM. And he’s appropriately grateful. So. Day 8 (I know because I first complained of my cold in my blog on the 19th) (yes, I use my blog to remember things) of Misery. Before that I dimly remember a couple days of sore throat, but we’ll
Update on Joss and the Cold of DOOM Read More ยป
“More and more as I am here and see what life really is, I understand that it is not when or how you die but how and if you truly were ever alive.” Dr. Jerri Nielson Fitzgerald I want to travel. I want to see the world. Eat Japanese food with Japanese people, see the
I can’t deliberately write to a theme, but I’m pretty good at picking one out later. I do it every time I do Holly Lisle’s One-Pass Revision, and I can’t imagine revising without it now.
Finding Your Themes Read More ยป
All right, I want everyone who EVER bought drugs from someone they found through a blog comment lined up and beaten. 751 in my spam filter. Srsly? Who does this? Someone must buy, or they wouldn’t keep doing it, right? Idiots. Anyway. I plod onwards. I sent out three more queries. One already rejected, others
“… it’s so hard for me always–to really become totally absorbed in what I’m writing. When I read a big bloc I get this feeling, get the hang of it again, and realize all that I want to do yet–the immensities of the vistas stagger me. And at the same time I realize that one