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August 8, 2019
Sort Of Recovering
Season 2 of HOOD starts today for my lovely subscribers. I’m pretty pleased, even if I might need three seasons instead of two after all, to get the arcs to fall right. Ah well, never rains but it pours, and that gives me more time to plan other things, I suppose. The stress of the …
August 6, 2019
Not-Sleeping with Segur
Not a single flicker of sleep last night, and my head is as tender as an overripe pumpkin. To think I used to endure insomnia three days out of five–well, I was younger then, and most assuredly am not at the moment. I’m fast losing my ability to string words together, and coffee is losing …
August 5, 2019
Soundtrack Monday: Pumped Up Kicks
It’s another Soundtrack Monday! Today’s track is Foster the People’s Pumped Up Kicks, which is what’s playing on the jukebox inside a pool hall near the beginning of Nameless–my retelling of Snow White. That song in particular was for Nico, who is not quite a Prince Charming. For one thing, Nico’s a Family boy, and …
From Every End
I finally have coffee this morning, no thanks to the dogs. Now I just have to wait for it to cool to a drinkable temperature. It’s always something. I spent the weekend doing housework and watching Buzzfeed Unsolved videos. (I like the true crime ones; life is always, always weirder than fiction.) It was pleasant …
August 2, 2019
Cherry Cherry
My neighbor came home with way more cherries than they needed after visiting a valley farm, and–because they are amazing–I got enough for a pie. And my writing partner lent me her cherry pitter because she’s cool that way. Of course my favorite favorite pie is lemon meringue, but who has time for hand-made meringue? …
July 30, 2019
RELEASE DAY: HOOD, Season One
That’s right, folks–Season One of HOOD is now available! Robin Hood–IN SPACE! The Great Migration was centuries ago; two generation ships reached the Anglene galaxy with its clutch of terraform-suitable planets and performed their work. Anglene is smoldering. The galactic insurrection is supposed to be crushed. Robbhan Locke, a Second Echelon soldier, has returned to …
July 29, 2019
Soundtrack Monday: Boom Swagger
Ever wonder what’s playing in my head when Jill Kismet walks into the Monde? It’s Boom Swagger Boom, by the Murder City Devils. I’m pretty visual as writers go; I see the action in my head and can stop, freeze-frame, swing around (bullet time!) to examine different angles, the whole works. I actually wrote Hunter’s …
July 26, 2019
Zombie Rhubarb
This the the rhubarb Odd Trundles kept digging up. For some reason–maybe he thought he was helping me, or that the poor plant had insulted his mother–he just had it in for the thing. I’m sure its position in a damp, shady spot had a little to do with its struggle, too. But for six …
July 25, 2019
Brain, Thunderdome
I’m a little excited, my dear little sparrows. HOOD‘s Season One comes out next Tuesday (you can download a free teaser here) and I’m trying some new things with distribution and marketing, so we’ll see how that works out. It’ll be nice to have the first season off my plate, since I’m already 30K into …
July 23, 2019
Similar Productivity
It’s a lovely grey morning, just cool enough that a soft draught comes through the window and caresses my arms. The dogs, having consumed breakfast, are sprawled in various places to embark upon the first of the day’s naps. B has turned over many supervisory duties to Boxnoggin, since there are enough humans in the …
