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July 9, 2010
hot in the city tonight
Yesterday, summer began. Today, it's 92 degrees outside, and only about five degrees cooler than that inside. But that's just how it goes when you live on the top floor of a 100-year-old building that doesn't have air conditioning.
Honestly, I don't mind. I'm actually quite comfortable, but then again, I'm from Florida and I grew up in a household that refused to set the AC any lower than 88 degrees. (I used to joke that it was like living inside the DeLorean with all the windows rolled...
July 8, 2010
July 7, 2010
Yes, all these metrics posts are kind of boring.
There's a reason why we call it a "death march" and not a "disco parade".
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Here are today's stats on my second urban fantasy adventure — this time with my neurotic undead thief, her shady agent, a cigar box full of magical penis bones, a mentally ill former NASA engineer-turned-sorceress, and the continued fabulosity of a Cuban drag queen:
Project: Hellbent
Deadline: August 9, 2010
New words written: 2248 (ugh)
Present total word count:...
July 7, 2010
July 6, 2010
Here are today's stats on my second urban fantasy adventure — this time with my neurotic undead thief, her shady agent, a cigar box full of magical penis bones, a mentally ill former NASA engineer-turned-sorceress, and the continued fabulosity of a Cuban drag queen:
Project: Hellbent
Deadline: August 9, 2010
New words written: 2525 (meh)
Present total word count: 65,778 words
Things accomplished in fiction: Made it to Houston; let a drag queen do our makeup, but she exercised restraint and...
July 6, 2010
July 5, 2010
Here are today's stats on my second urban fantasy adventure — this time with my neurotic undead thief, her shady agent, a cigar box full of magical penis bones, a mentally ill former NASA engineer-turned-sorceress, and the continued fabulosity of a Cuban drag queen:
Project: Hellbent
Deadline: August 9, 2010
New words written: 2499 (eh…but it's still kind of a holiday.)
Present total word count: 63,253 words
Things accomplished in fiction: Packed again and hit the road once more, this time...
July 4, 2010
July 4, 2010
Here are today's stats on my second urban fantasy adventure — this time with my neurotic undead thief, her shady agent, a cigar box full of magical penis bones, a mentally ill former NASA engineer-turned-sorceress, and the continued fabulosity of a Cuban drag queen:
Project: Hellbent
Deadline: August 9, 2010
New words written: 2290 (eh…but it's a holiday.)
Present total word count: 60,754 words
Things accomplished in fiction: Explored possibilities; spent time on the phone; let sleeping cats ...
July 3, 2010 – Word Metrics
Here are today's stats on my second urban fantasy adventure — this time with my neurotic undead thief, her shady agent, a cigar box full of magical penis bones, a mentally ill former NASA engineer-turned-sorceress, and the continued fabulosity of a Cuban drag queen:
Project: Hellbent
Deadline: August 9, 2010
New words written: 3040 (respectable)
Present total word count: 58,458 words
Things accomplished in fiction: Sold nefarious plan to nefarious planee. Mostly.
Things accomplished in real...
July 3, 2010
A postscript for the week
I forgot to mention this here yesterday (though it came up on Twitter) – but Italian rights have sold … on Bloodshot! No, the book isn't even out yet. Yes, this is a total first – my first Italian sale, and my first rights sale on an as-yet-unpublished project; so it feels like I've grabbed a life-up mushroom and a fireball flower in the same jump.
Which is exactly as cool as it sounds.
[Crossposted from my website. If you'd like to comment, you can do so either here or there.]
July 2, 2010
July 1, 2010
Here are today's stats on my second urban fantasy adventure — this time with my neurotic undead thief, her shady agent, a cigar box full of magical penis bones, a mentally ill former NASA engineer-turned-sorceress, and the continued fabulosity of a Cuban drag queen:
Project: Hellbent
Deadline: August 9, 2010
New words written: 4012 (YEAH)
Present total word count: 55,418 words
Things accomplished in fiction: Argued with the off-duty drag queen who wants to go undercover as a ghoul; acquired s...
July 1, 2010
Calling All Dog Lovers
…Particularly you dog-lovers living in King George, Virginia (or in the surrounding counties). My friend Andrea – pretty much a one-woman animal-rescuing army – found a marvelous dog in the middle of the road last week. Click that link to read of the adventure, and to see a shot of the very cute, very big yellow lab mix who made himself at home in Andrea's car – which was a very good thing, considering he almost got turned into road pizza.
The dog in question was wearing a collar but no...
June 30, 2010
As some of you noticed, this site went down for a bit today. For (I think) the first time ever, I exceeded my bandwidth; but my intrepid webmaster (and old friend) Greg sorted it out as soon as he could, and voila – once again I am ready to blog.
So here goes. First! Some loose bullet points:Apex Books hosts a summer of love – Offering digital titles on the cheap, and bargain-basement discounts on one feature book a week. This week's feature is Aegri Somnia – a Stoker-nominated anthology...
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