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December 9, 2009

Aaron asked:
This may sound like an odd question, but:  Do you know the endings of your stories?

I.e. do you know what the final scene will be, a la Robert Jordan? Or, does it continue to evolve in your mind?
Apologies in advance, because this is long, and for people who have no interest in the [...:]
0 comments Published on December 09, 2009 23:01 | 1 view

November 29, 2009

Elizabeth asked: Is Cast in Chaos the Dragon Court book?
I started to answer this in comments, and then realized that it was going to be a long answer, so I'm breaking it out into its own post.
First, the quick answer:  Cast in Chaos is not, sadly, the Dragon Court book.  I do have an explanation, [...:]
0 comments Published on November 29, 2009 20:34 | 6 views

November 8, 2009

City of Night, as some people have noticed, was originally announced as a March 2010 release — but in happy news, it's been pushed forward a month, to February 2010. (In the publishing industry, forward=earlier; back=later; I found these terms confusing when I first started working in a bookstore because forward implied, to me, [...:]
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July 20, 2009

Aaron asked, in the previous comment thread: Do authors get nervous when their works become accessible to the masses? With this book, perhaps less so, considering this is a series work in progress with an avid readership. However, I can't help but wonder if you (in particular) get butterflies the first "opening days" of [...:]
0 comments Published on July 20, 2009 12:37

July 19, 2009

I've posted this over on my LiveJournal as well, so if you read that, you've already seen it :).
I really like Confluence, and my husband and I will be heading there this coming weekend, the 24th-26th of July.
My programming schedule for the weekend is:
Friday 5pm Oak
Why are there so many Twits on Twitter?
John Scalzi, Laurie [...:]
0 comments Published on July 19, 2009 14:13 | 1 view
As of last night, Cast in Silence was listed as in stock at Amazon and B&N, and one reader emailed to let me know that it's hit bookstores in Illinois.  So, we're live!
There are four things that are always exciting, even after all this time:
1.  Finishing the first draft of a novel
2.  Getting the cover [...:]
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July 10, 2009

This is a bit late, for which I apologize, and it's probably not of interest to anyone who isn't already attending the convention, but my schedule for the weekend at Polaris 2009 is as follows:
Print book vs E-book
E-book sales have been steadily increasing over the past few years. Will they endanger physical, paper books, or is [...:]
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July 1, 2009


I'm a best a haphazard and slightly under-organized person.  I didn't realize just how close July the 1st was until, well, today.  June has disappeared in a trail of words, chapters, and the end of school.  I've done a fair amount of writing, and I'm three quarters of the way through Cast in Chaos (which I always now type instead of Silence).  I've also finished revisions on what exists of House Name, having added some seven thousand words, and I'm now at the point where I'm once again writing n

0 comments Published on July 01, 2009 10:27 | 3 views

June 29, 2009


There is book news: I now have real, live copies of  Cast in Silence beside my computer. I really like the cover, although it's changed just a little bit since I posted the cover-flats a while ago.

These copies, which are author's copies, are usually shipped at the same time as review copies of the real book, as opposed to ARCs (Advance Review Copy) which are bound and shipped much earlier. I never see ARCs for any of these, so my first encounter with a book is either on the shelves of the bookst

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June 17, 2009


For those of you who live in, or around, Toronto, I’ll be attending Polaris 23, which will be held between July 10th and 12th this year.


I haven’t got a full list of panels yet, but hopefully I’ll be able to post a list closer to the date.


Hope to see you there,


Michelle


0 comments Published on June 17, 2009 16:48 | 3 views

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