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The best laid plans

So yesterday I'm working on the rewrite for the next Hollows book.  This one is hands down my favorite since FOC.  Has been for about a year.  If you were here last week, you'll know I had planned a major shift to make the first 100 pages faster by moving some magic, taking out a bit of  "unnecessary magic" (That's a good title, but the way.  It just sort of rolls off the tongue.) and address a Trent issue that my editor had brought up.

I thought about what I wanted to do over the weekend...

Happy St. Patricks Day/Radio Interview link

I'll be wearing my green today, and Guy is going to make green pancakes for dinner.  Yum.  It's the small things that make traditions that mark the years, and we have some weird ones.

Yesterday, the work FINALLY started to come together, and I've just about fixed the continually issues that moving the bit of magic from chapter one to chapter six engendered.  My conclusion?  I like what I've done.  The beginning is a bit faster, I tried throwing something right out on the table instead of...

And the winners are . . .

We have three winners chosen for the free copy of the  iPhone/iTouch extended version of Black Magic Sanction.  This is the version where you not only get the audio book synched to the text, but the commentaries where I explain a bit of logic, how things didn't go as I planned all the time, some of the locations, and other bits and bobs.

The contest ran a week, and I used a random sequence generator to choose the winners.  Odds were based on how many entries we got.

Winners are  . . .

Amanda L, ...

TGIM

It's rare that I don't use my weekends to the fullest, and this last one was no exception.  I am TIRED, and I don't think it has much to do with daylight saving time.  But the yard looks great.  ;-)  Between making scones on Saturday morning and tapioca pudding on Sunday night (with eggbeaters) I raked out the rock garden, porch, and path, raked out the front berm, went to a home improvement store and bought six plants.  Guy put the tree in the ground, and I planted the bushes.  Some kind of ...

Pushing forward

Didn't get much done yesterday on the rewrite.  Dismal, maybe.  Today should be better.

Yesterday I broke the chapter apart, took out the magic.  There were two parts left, and I played with them a bit, trying to figure out which comes first.  Really dropped the page count, and everything is in place.  Now I just have to make it interesting.  sigh

However . . . I am still over today at B&N paranormal chat.  There was some posting issues yesterday between three and five, but it seems to be...

How Kim Rewrites

Back in November, I started a series of posts on how I organize my thoughts in preparation for writing a rough draft, all the way from my first handwritten page of wants to a peek at my "character grid."  We-e-e-e-e-e-l-l-l-l, I'm starting the editorial rewrite of the next Hollows book, and I thought you might like a glimpse at what I do to take that first rough story and turn it into something they will actually pay me for.  (grin)  Keep in mind that this is what works for me, and there is n...

Taxes

Got the first pencils back to the artist yesterday with my comments, and had time to get my share of the taxes done, too.  I like doing my taxes.  Mind you, we have an accountant, so all I have to do it total up my receipts and let him have at it, but I like looking back at the year to see what I've done and how my spending habits change.

So now my desk is clear of graphic novel sketches and graphic sticker shock (I spent how much on boots?) and I am beginning the rewrite for book nine.  I've ...

B&N visit this Thursday/Friday

Early heads up that I will be over at B & N chat lists this Thursday and Friday.  This is the third year I'll be doing this, and I can't wait to get back.  I'm going to talk to Paul today and see if we can set up a spoiler thread along side the usual one.  Black Magic Sanction has been out for a while, and this will be the first time I will entertain spoiler questions.  :-)  See you there.  Barnes and Nobel Paranormal Chat List

I hate to say this because I know that much of the nation is...

Kim Harrison has a contest?

Hi, Guys.

I know!  It's really weird!  I never have contests, but my editor arranged for me to have some give-away copies of the extended e-book of BLACK MAGIC SANCTION.  This is the one that works on the iPhone, iTouch.  I've seen it, (on Thing Two's iTouch) and it's kind of cool, sort of like what you get with DVDs and "the making of."  The audio book is in there as well, so you can go from visual to audio and back to visual without losing your place.  The only thing we ask, is that if you w...

Kim Reads

The link to the radio program I did while in Minnapolis is now live.  Here's the page it's at.  Write On. To find it, just click the arrow at the listen icon or download it to your machine.  I'm not first up, so don't think you have the wrong program if that's not me you're hearing right off.  Mine starts almost halfway into the program, and you can skip ahead if you want.  ;-)  I had fun doing this, and it starts with me reading the beginning of chapter two.  Enjoy!

And have a great Friday...