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August 13, 2009
GOOD GHOULS DO PODCAST!!!
It's up!! It's up!!
New chapters from GOOD GHOULS DO!
Click the link on the right to listen or visit kennercast
Sending from my iPhone – hope it shows up!
August 11, 2009
The good and bad news…
technical difficulties on the podcast … but in the good news department, in order to resolve said difficulties, I'm now the proud owner of a kick-butt iMac.
Whoo hoo!
Shooting for Thursday posting for GOOD GHOULS DO.
And chapters on TAINTED will start September 14!!
August 6, 2009
Podcast: The Good Ghoul's Guide to Getting Even–the LAST chapters!!!
It's a book! A beginning, a middle, and an ending! Whoo hoo!
And starting next week, tune in for GOOD GHOULS DO!
If you're RSS'ing, go to http://www.kennercast.com to listen or subscribe! And if you're on the blog, just click the podcast gizmo thingie to the right!
August 4, 2009
Podcast Penultimate. Yes, we're almost finished with The Good Ghoul's Guide!!!
Whoo hoo! You can not only listen to Chapters 34 and 35, you can also listen to me blather on about my love affair with my iPhone!
If you're RSS'ing, go to http://www.kennercast.com to listen or subscribe!
August 2, 2009
Podcast-quick note
Due to technical blahs, a new episode will be Tuesday this week!
July 30, 2009
Podcast: Nearing the end! Chaps 32 & 33 are UP!
Chapters 32 and 33 are up for your listening pleasure! THE GOOD GHOULS GUIDE TO GETTING EVEN will end next week. Next up: GOOD GHOULS DO (on sale right NOW!)
If you're RSS'ing, go to http://www.kennercast.com to listen or subscribe!
July 28, 2009
Awesome post about the myth of the writing muse
The fact is, writing is a lot of hard work. Even "automatic writing" (another phrase I hate) is a lot of work. Whether the muse shows up or not, you have to sit at that computer. And it doesn't always, or even often, feel like pure zen creamy goodness. Before you even get to that computer, you have to think long and hard about what book you're writing, follow plotlines in your head, create characters, design plots, research endlessly. And before that, it helps to get an education in something in
July 27, 2009
Podcasts and toilets and names, oh my!
Chapters 30 and 31 of The Good Ghoul's Guide to Getting Even are up on the podcast! Check in after the chapter for more DC dish and my house woes…like my very own Moaning Myrtle. Sigh…. There really are better ways to spend thousands of dollars than fixing your pipes and getting water out of your walls.
(click the link to the right or head over to www.kennercast.com)
July 24, 2009
If you attended the workshop I did with Kathleen O'Reilly...
If you attended the workshop I did with Kathleen O'Reilly at RWA National last week (or even if you didn't), here is our cheat-sheet on the Yin & Yang of Plot and Character. Enjoy!
July 23, 2009
The best laid plans …
I was going to be SO productive tonight while the dh is out eating fish 'n' chips and drinking beer with a friend at a fabulous pub in Austin. My plans: read another chapter of HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban to Catherine (our deal – she can read them, but we do read aloud first; haven't decided if we'll go past book 3 yet…they get darker). Record 3 more podcast episodes to get ahead. Do another chunk of revisions. Go through all the email that came in during conference. Do post-conference